Farm workers with visas sue over conditions

By Susan Ferriss - sferriss@sacbee.com Published 3:00 pm PDT Thursday, August 21, 2008 Two dozen farm workers who came to the United States on agricultural guest worker visas have filed a lawsuit against Galt-based Salvador Gonzalez Farm Labor Contractor, claiming the contracting company has cheated them out of wages, offers them less work than they were promised and is housing them in filthy conditions. Most of the workers named in the suit live in a bunk house five miles outside the small Yolo County town of Clarksburg. They are represented by the California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. and the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, which filed the suit Thursday in U.S. District Court in Sacramento. The suit accuses the company of breach of contract and violations of state and federal law. The workers are among 181... [read full story]