New Bedford seafood processing plant accused of extorting employees

NEW BEDFORD – Five employees are suing a seafood processing plant and its staffing agency for extortion, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts on Oct. 24. The employees, hired through Workforce Unlimited Inc., were forced to pay a manager at Marder Trawlng Inc. $100 a week as a condition on their

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