Migrant farmworkers sue seed-corn company over wages and housing

Migrant farmworkers sue seed-corn company over wages and housing

Remington Seeds in DeWitt, Iowa. (Photo via Google Earth) Seven migrant farmworkers from Texas claim they were recruited to work in Iowa where they were paid illegally low wages and forced to live in substandard housing. The workers are suing Remington Seeds, which operates a seed-corn processing facility in DeWitt, and Javier Chapa, a Texas labor broker who runs Chapa Global Contracting. Chapa was allegedly hired by Remington to recruit, house …

12 Countries Accused of Exploiting Migrant Labour

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