Migrant worker killed articles
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Farms where mass shooting killed workers must pay more than $450,000 in back wages and damages
Two mushroom farms in Half Moon Bay, where seven people were killed in a mass shooting, owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in back wages to workers, and charged many of them to illegally live in trailers and cargo containers that were infested with trash, mold and insects, the U.S. Department of Labor announced. California Terra Gardens and Concord Farms must pay more than $450,000 to 62 workers, plus more than $71,000 in penalties to the U.S. Treasury, the agency said in a statement, after...
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Heat wave kills at least 33 poll workers as India’s election wraps up in searing temperatures
India’s relentless heat wave killed 33 poll workers as the country concluded its final day of voting in the world’s largest general election, officials said, underscoring the impact of searing temperatures in recent days.
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Bengal news: BJP woman worker killed ahead of Phase 6 Lok Sabha polls; protests erupt in Nandigram | Mint
With less than 48 hours left for the sixth phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, a woman worker of the BJP was killed in Nandigram in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district. She reportedly belonged to the Scheduled Caste community. Her murder triggered large-scale protests by saffron party activists there on Thursday, news agency PTI reported quoting police. To protest the BJP woman worker's death, workers of the saffron party burned tyres, blocked roads, and closed shops in Nandigram.Nandigram...