Latino migrant farm workers yesterday threatened to sue Ohio if legislators don’t reverse a law that exempts them from the state’s higher minimum wage that went into effect Jan. 1.
Tagged: Ohio, ToledoPosted on: January 28th, 2007“The Farm Labor Organizing Committee said it will organize politically and work with the Ohio AFL-CIO and church leaders to fight what it characterizes as a discriminatory policy affecting as many as 5,000 short-term, piece-rate crop harvesters, about half of whom are illegal.
“We are not going to keep quiet this time,” said Lupe Williams, a Spanish language and Hispanic culture lecturer at Ohio State University.”
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