In one of the largest settlements of its kind, an Arkansas forestry company has agreed to pay $2.75 million to settle the legal claims of more than 2200 foreign guestworkers represented by the Legal Aid Justice Center's Immigrant Advocacy Program who say they were cheated out of the wages they earned planting trees for the company.
 
This is a huge win for the workers, represented by our attorneys Tim Freilich and Erin Trodden, and former Legal Aid Justice Center attorneys Mary Bauer, Jim Knoepp, and Andrew Turner (now at the Southern Poverty Law Center).  Farmworker Justice and two private law firms also served as co-counsel.
 
Read the full press release here.
 
Read the Daily Progress article here.
 
Read the New York Times briefing here.
 
Read the C-Ville Weekly article here.