WWII Era Braceros Win Access to Payroll Savings

The law firm of Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd. of Chicago, IL. today announced thousands of Mexican farm and railroad laborers may soon be collecting monies withheld from their paychecks for work they performed in the United States of America during World War II as a result of a settlement of a class action lawsuit which was given preliminary approval by a federal court Friday, October 10, 2008. The settlement was reached between the Mexican government and a group of U.S. lawyers representing Mexican workers — known as braceros (manual laborers) — who came to the U.S. during World War II to work in agricultural and railroad jobs pursuant to a series of international treaties between the U.S. and Mexican governments. It provides for payments to braceros or their surviving family members who reside in the U.S. and can... [read full story]