Two migrant New Brunswick workers file lawsuit claiming LeBreton & Sons Fisheries Ltd. paid them about half of what is owed
Niger Saravia, an organizer with the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, and Juan Pablo Lerma Lopez one of the workers who filed the law suite against LeBreton & Sons Fisheries Ltd., speak to the media in front of the Moncton Law Courts in Moncton, N.B., on Aug. 20, 2024.Two migrant workers are suing a New Brunswick seafood processing company for what they allege was “widespread exploitation” and mistreatment.
Lopez is asking for $7,359. He states he was paid $6,015 but should have earned $13,374. De Leon Silva alleges she was paid $6,837 but is owed another $6,537. “We’re filing this claim to get these two particular workers the money they’re owed,” Hussan said. Lopez lived in a company-owned motel where he shared a room with two other LeBreton employees, while De Leon Silva lived in a house with 12 other people, the document says. A company vehicle took them to the plant, and without it the workers had “virtually no way of getting around, since they were located in remote areas without access to public transit,” it says.
The allegations contained in the court filing have not been tested in court. After The Canadian Press contacted LeBreton about the lawsuit Tuesday, a spokesman who did not provide his name returned the call to say the company had no comment. The termination letter offered the workers two choices, the lawsuit says. They could return to their country of origin immediately and LeBreton would help cover the cost of the journey and give them an option of applying for employment the following season. Or those wanting to remain in Canada to seek other work had to submit a resignation letter and vacate their accommodations by Aug. 26. The company also took away the vehicles on Aug.
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