By DAN MARGOLIES
The Kansas City Star
A lawsuit claiming thousands of Kansas meatpacking workers were denied overtime and other compensation by Tyson Foods Inc. can proceed as a class action, a federal judge has ruled.
The workers, many of them immigrants from Latin America, sued under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and under the Kansas Wage Payment Act as well as other legal theories. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the workers alleged overtime violations. Under the Kansas Wage Payment Act, they sought relief for “straight” time for which they allegedly were not compensated.
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Damn maybe now the employers will find it cheaper to hire Americans, why do the illegals have any rights when they are here illegal.
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