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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is suspicion that the owners /supervisors were fine with ICE raiding the farm because it was around payday.

March 2024 Los Angeles, CAGlass House Brands Inc. was slapped with a proposed class action lawsuit last month, alleging California labor law violations. A former worker accuses the major California marijuana producer of engaging in a systematic pattern of wage violations, including unpaid overtime and unrealistic workloads.

Melendez claims that he and his co-workers “regularly worked in excess” of eight hours a day and 40 hours a week to meet “excessive quotas” imposed by Glass House. Those quotas comprised trimming four pounds of cannabis a day at a marijuana farm in Ventura County and workers either had to shorten or eliminate meal breaks to meet those demands. Because the company was short-staffed, it led to unreasonable expectations for workers, such as the four pounds-a-day demand. (Four pounds is about double the output of a skilled hand-trimmer, according to a Mobius case study.)

The lawsuit claims that Glass House:

Failed to pay wages, sick pay and overtime pay,

Failed to provide meal breaks, rest periods, bathroom breaks,

Exposed workers to safety hazards while working overtime, such as recovery or cool down periods in the heat,

Did not provide itemized wage statements,

Did not reimburse business expenses, and other violations under the state’s quota and unfair-compensation laws.

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Reminds me of previous raid or two in which a factory was raided . The company allowed it or called it in because the workers had a lawsuit against them. I don’t remember what factory it was.

But anyways this is the issue with illegal/ undocumented people. They are easily exploited. [/quote]

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