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4 Hawaii farms settle Thai workers suit for $2.4M

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
Published June 3, 2014 11:00pm ET
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4 Hawaii farms settle Thai workers suit for $2.4M
Khamjuan Namwichai, center, greets reporters at a news conference in Honolulu on Tuesday, June 3, 2013. Namwichai spoke in Thai to describe unsanitary conditions working at Hawaii farms, as Mimi Cheou, an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) investigator, left, translates. Also pictured are Anna Park, EEOC Los Angeles regional attorney, second from left, and Thai worker Likhit Yoo-on. The U.S. EEOC announced details of settlements totaling $2.4 million by four farms the agency sued for discriminating against hundreds of Thai workers. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher) | Jennifer Sinco Kelleher

HONOLULU (AP) — Four Hawaii farms are settling a discrimination lawsuit for a total of $2.4 million over allegations that they exploited hundreds of Thai workers.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a federal lawsuit in 2011 against California-based labor contractor Global Horizons and six Hawaii farms, with allegations including subjecting workers to discrimination, uninhabitable housing, insufficient food, inadequate wages and deportation threats.

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