Child Immigrants Forced to Work Dangerous Graveyard Shifts at Massachusetts Seafood Plant: Lawsuit
The plaintiffs have also accused company supervisors of racism Former employees of a New England seafood company are claiming they were hired illegally, forced to work in unsafe conditions and given horrible hours at a young age. A federal lawsuit filed by three former workers of Raw Seafoods in Fall River alleges that the plant not only employed them illegally when they were only 15 years old, but also forced them to work in unsafe conditions. The owners of the company, which is one of the leading seafood suppliers for the states of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, "forced them to work through perilous overnight shifts, and subjected the Plaintiffs to coercion, psychological abuse, hazardous workplace conditions, and a discriminatory work environment," according to the lawsuit obtained by ABC6. The plaintiffs, who are all immigrants from Guatemala, were employed at Raw Seafoods from July 2022 to January 2023. They reported that they were forced to work excessively long shift...