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EEOC labor trafficking suits
April 23, 2011 by Ross Runkel at LawMemo
EEOC has filed three suits alleging that defendants subjected foreign workers to severe abuse and discrimination after they were trafficked into this country.
One suit is against labor broker Global Horizons and six farms in Hawai'i.
A second is against Global Horizons and two farms in Washington State.
A third is against marine services company Signal International in Alabama.
The EEOC seeks back pay, compensatory and punitive damages, and injunctive relief.
