An immigrant worker has filed a complaint with the state of Massachusetts against a seafood business she says subjected her to years of sexual harassment and racial discrimination on the job. The worker, Paula Fortes, is a Black woman who immigrated to the U.S.
A worker at one of New Bedford's biggest seafood processing companies has filed a sexual harassment complaint with the state's discrimination commission.
Paula Fortes immigrated to the U.S. from Cape Verde and later began working at Eastern Fisheries. She said she endured repeated and persistent sexual and racial comments for years while on the job.