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Lawsuit challenges Minnesota's ban on captive audience meetings — and other labor news

Take a seat in the Break Room, our weekly round-up of labor news in Minnesota and beyond. This week: lawsuit challenges Minnesota’s ban on ‘captive audience’ meetings; labor standards board votes on minimum wages for nursing home workers; Minnesota House passes stricter rules on misclassification; immigrant farm workers sue employer; Lakeville teachers announce strike; Minneapolis […] The post Lawsuit challenges Minnesota’s ban on captive audience meetings — and other labor news appeared first o

Immigrant workers sue Svihel Vegetable Farm for shorted pay, 'deplorable' conditions

Immigrant workers sue Minnesota vegetable farm for shorted pay, 'deplorable' conditions

Nearly 40 immigrant workers claim in a federal lawsuit that a central Minnesota vegetable farm shorted their paychecks and subjected them to "deplorable" working and living conditions. The workers, who hail primarily from Honduras, Mexico and the Dominican Republic, Monday sued John Svihel and Svihel Vegetable Farm in U.S. District Court for Minnesota. They allege Svihel and his company .

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Immigrant workers sue Minnesota vegetable farm for shorted pay, 'deplorable' conditions