Treated like animals: Chinese workers file lawsuit against inhumane treatment
TSÉBIGHÁHOODZÁNÍ – A group of Chinese immigrants allege they were tricked by the owners of an illicit cannabis operation in Shiprock with promises ...
TSÉBIGHÁHOODZÁNÍ – A group of Chinese immigrants allege they were tricked by the owners of an illicit cannabis operation in Shiprock with promises they would be cutting flowers or doing farm work for a decent wage, according to a lawsuit in Santa Fe County court. The 15 immigrants, the plaintiffs, brought the suit on Sept. 27 in the First Judicial District Court, saying they were coerced by guards with firearms who kicked, cursed, and barely fed them, to work 14-hour days sitting on upside-down buckets in stuffy hotel rooms trimming illegally grown marijuana.