GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A federal class-action lawsuit filed in Illinois has ties to West Michigan.
The suit alleges that global agriculture company Monsanto has cheated its migrant workers out of thousands of dollars.
Grand Rapids nonprofit Migrant Legal Aid is taking on the international corporation alongside legal counsel in Illinois and New York. Two plaintiffs have been named so far, but if a judge certifies the class, the lawsuit will grow.
“Each one of the plaintiffs could claim as much as $2,000 or more and with the potential class of a thousand workers, the damages in this case could really climb up there,” Migrant Legal Aid Executive Director Teresa Hendricks-Pitsch explained to 24 Hour News 8.
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