A handful of Mexican guest workers walked off the job at CJ’s Seafood in Louisiana and filed a complaint with the U.S. Labor Department, alleging that the seafood processing plant forced them to work 24 hours at a time picking crawfish, while withholding breaks or any overtime pay. The letter covers eight workers at in Breaux Bridge, LA who arrived in the U.S. this past spring to work in the H-2B program, a guest worker visa system that allows American businesses to hire foreign nationals … [Read more...]
