A Georgia farm and labor contractors are accused of misrepresenting employment conditions, underpaying workers, and charging illegal fees in a class action lawsuit filed by several Mexican guestworkers.
The plaintiffs filed the lawsuit Wednesday against MBR Farms Inc. and its labor contractors on behalf of themselves and more than 100 other workers who held H-2A temporary agricultural visas.
The H-2A visas allow employers to hire foreign guestworkers for temporary and seasonal agricultural work when they cannot find an adequate number of US workers willing and able to take those jobs. The complaint filed Wednesday in the US District Court for ...
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