Published 3 years ago

Lawsuit: Farm hired white immigrants over Black US laborers

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Six Black farmworkers in Mississippi say their former employer brought white laborers from South Africa to do the same jobs they were doing. They say the farm has been violating federal law by paying the white immigrants more for the same type of work. Pitts Farm Partnership grows cotton, soybeans and corn in the Mississippi Delta’s Sunflower County.

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News18 India

Lawsuit: Farm Hired White Immigrants Over Black US Laborers

3 years ago·India

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Associated Press News

Lawsuit: Farm hired white immigrants over Black US laborers

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Six Black farmworkers in Mississippi say in a new lawsuit that their former employer brought white laborers from South Africa to do the same jobs they were doing, and that the farm has been violating federal…

3 years ago·United States

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abc News

Lawsuit: Farm hired white immigrants over Black US laborers

Six Black farmworkers in Mississippi say their former employer has brought white laborers from South Africa to do the same jobs type of jobs they were doing, but for more pay

3 years ago·United States

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CBS News

Mississippi farm recruited White immigrants rather than hire Black Americans, lawsuit says

"It is unacceptable and unlawful" to bring workers from abroad when local residents need jobs, Mississippi activist group alleged.

3 years ago

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Click on Detroit

Lawsuit: Farm hired white immigrants over Black US laborers

Six Black farmworkers in Mississippi say in a new lawsuit that their former employer brought white laborers from South Africa to do the same jobs they were doing, and that the farm has been violating federal law by paying the white immigrants more for the same type of work.Mississippi Center for Justice and Southern Migrant Legal Services filed the federal lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of the six workers against Pitts Farm Partnership, which grows…

3 years ago·Detroit, United States

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The Clarion Ledger

Black farmers say Mississippi farm paid white foreign workers more, abused immigration system

Six Black Mississippi Delta farmworkers have sued\u00a0Pitts Farms Partnership\u00a0for discriminating against them in favor of white foreign workers.

3 years ago·Jackson, United States

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