Thread: ACLU: Raided Calif firm mistreated illegal workers (updated)

ACLU: Raided Calif firm mistreated illegal workers

By The Associated Press
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 10:05 a.m.

LOS ANGELES — Civil rights groups are suing an Orange County government contractor that was the target of an immigration raid this summer.

The American Civil Liberties Union and other groups accuse Terra Universal Inc. of bilking illegal workers out of pay and violating their rights. The groups on Tuesday announced a federal lawsuit against the firm.

Immigration agents seized 43 workers in June at Terra Universal's Fullerton factory, where lawyers say the firm manufactures laboratory equipment for the U.S. military and other government clients.

The lawsuit is being filed on behalf of at least four workers who say Terra Universal denied them overtime pay and discriminated against them.

Company Chief Operating Officer Ken Harms says the company values its employees and is sad to hear some may be dissatisfied.

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