Six migrant workers would share in a total of more than $21,000 in the proposed settlement of a lawsuit filed last year alleging that a Louisiana crawfish
Six migrant workers will share a total of more than $21k in the proposed settlement lawsuit which claimed a Louisiana crawfish processing business underpaid them.
Six migrant workers would share in a total of more than $21,000 in the proposed settlement of a lawsuit filed last year alleging that a Louisiana crawfish processing business underpaid them in violation of minimum wage laws.
Louisiana Crawfish Processor Sued Over Low Wages, Overtime Pay
Two migrant workers from Mexico are suing a Louisiana crawfish processor over wages they say fell well below the minimum wage.
The federal lawsuit filed in Alexandria says the two routinely worked 10 or more hours a day, six days a week, peeling and packing crawfish at Crawfish Processing LLC in Marksville. But, it says, the company failed to pay overtime and that wages paid often fell below the $9.75-per hour they were promised and below the $7.25-per hour minimum they were entitled to under law.
The suit was filed on behalf of Norma Edith Torres Quinonez and Martha Icela Flores Gaxiola by attorneys for Texas RioGrande Legal Aid against Crawfish Processing and owner Charles Bernard. But while there are only two initial plaintiffs, the suit says it was filed on behalf of others who were “similarly situated.”