Workers sue Eunice seafood facility over wages

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LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of two Mexican migrant workers alleges a crawfish and alligator processing facility in Eunice routinely paid the employees from $2 to $4 an hour for workdays that sometimes stretched for 15 hours.

The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/StQS5o ) the lawsuit filed this week against Riceland Crawfish seeks unpaid wages for the two migrant workers and all employees with similar wage complaints over the past three years.

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