Meatpacker Sued for Discrimination Against Haitian Workers

A class action lawsuit filed by Haitian immigrant workers alleges meatpacking giant JBS USA used deceptive recruiting practices and subjected them to unsafe working conditions at a Colorado plant.

Promises of employer-provided housing and offers of jobs without English language proficiency at the Greeley, Colo. JBS plant lured Haitian immigrant workers to pay for travel costs and recruitment fees, the lawsuit says. Recruits were instead forced to stay in degraded, overcrowded housing without adequate heating.

Once on the job, they were forced into dangerous working conditions without adequate training, according to the complaint filed Tuesday in the US District Court ...