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Fayette Janitorial Service, former Perdue contractor, fined for use of child labor
Delmarva Now | The Daily Times via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoA Tennessee-based cleaning contractor employed at a Perdue plant on the Eastern Shore of Virginia...
Some NC migrant farmworkers face foul housing, low pay and forced travel, lawsuits say
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 8 months agoEach year, some 15,000 H-2A visa holders come to North Carolina to work temporarily on farms and in...
NC farmworkers settle human trafficking, wage-theft case against labor contractors
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 12 months agoA group of migrant Mexican farmworkers were awarded thousands of dollars in a court settlement based...
Firefighters who risked their lives fighting wildfires were paid less than legal minimum by a...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA firefighter works through the remains of a burned-out house on September 14, 2020 in Estacada,...
Exploitation, retaliation, alarming conditions: Inside the crisis at West Coast mushroom farms
LA Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoUnion officials say an investigation of worker discrimination and allegations of wage theft, abuse...
Contractor fined for denying migrant workers’ pay at Gorge
KIRO via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA labor contractor denied 165 farm laborers more than $83,000 collectively in overtime pay for cleaning the Gorge Amphitheatre in central Washington, according to a U.S. Department of Labor investigation.
Court: Ex-Perdue contractor illegally hired minors, fined $650K
WAVY via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Tennessee-based sanitation company has agreed to pay more than half a...
Dumas, Dalhart police investigating paycheck scam
Amarillo Globe-News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoTwo Texas Panhandle police departments are warning about a paycheck scam taking place in the area. On Tuesday, the Dalhart Police Department shared...
Update | Kennewick pays $16,000 to board up problem motel off Highway 395
Tri-City Herald McClatchy via AOL· 4 months agoA Kennewick motel is being boarded up this week after the property owner failed to secure the vacant...
State revokes contractor license of Stillwater developer after firm stumbled, defaulted on houses
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoA Stillwater development company known for its energy-efficient designs has had its license revoked after homeowners complained about work not being completed and subcontractors reported they ...