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Gordon Law Group, LLP and Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS) announced today an agreement to settle a federal class action lawsuit against Michael Bianco, Inc., the former New Bedford factory that manufactured military gear for the U.S. Department of Defense. The company was the target of a March 2007 federal immigration raid that was broadly…

Current and former employees of New Bedford’s Michael Bianco, Inc., today filed a federal court class action lawsuit on behalf of more than 500 workers, alleging multiple violations of the federal and state wage and overtime laws. Papers filed in the case describe how Michael Bianco, Inc., systematically and intentionally violated the laws requiring time-and-half…

The Federal District Court of Florida just ruled in Galdames v. N&D Investment Corp., that undocumented workers are entitled to the same protections of the federal overtime laws as those workers who are in the United States legally. Specifically, the Court held that “Defendants argument that Jaqueline Galdames and Guillermo Osorio are illegal aliens not…

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced the arrest of seven current and former managers of IFCO Systems North America, Inc. (IFCO) as part of a new initiative to crack down on employers of undocumented workers. The arrests were made in connection with the “second phase” of the Secure Border Initiative. Phase…