BLACK MISSISSIPPI FARMWORKERS SETTLE LAWSUIT ALLEGING RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND ABUSE OF H-2A GUEST WORKER PROGRAM
April 03, 2024
April 03, 2024
INDIANOLA, Mississippi, April 3 -- Mississippi Center for Justice issued the following news release on April 2, 2024:
Today, Southern Migrant Legal Services (SMLS) and Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) announced that their clients, 14 Black farmworkers from the Mississippi Delta, settled their case alleging their employer had offered better pay and more hours to foreign guest workers than to local Black workers. The lawsuit was brought by former employees of Nobile Fish Farms, a . . .
Today, Southern Migrant Legal Services (SMLS) and Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) announced that their clients, 14 Black farmworkers from the Mississippi Delta, settled their case alleging their employer had offered better pay and more hours to foreign guest workers than to local Black workers. The lawsuit was brought by former employees of Nobile Fish Farms, a . . .