Conn. Nursery Accused of Forced Labor
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By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN  NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A dozen Guatemalans filed a federal human trafficking and racketeering lawsuit against a large nursery Thursday, claiming they were taken to Connecticut without their consent, forced to work nearly 80 hours a week and paid less than minimum wage.
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By Diana Bowley, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Feb. 20--A back draft from a wood-fired boiler caused dust to ignite early Monday at the Vic Firth Manufacturing Corp. plant in Newport.
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Christmas tree growers in Denmark are charged after being accused of trying to rig prices of festive firs.
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By FRANK ELTMAN  RIVERHEAD, N.Y. - Business owners could soon face fines and even jail time if they hire illegal immigrants in this Long Island community, the latest in one of many efforts by local governments across the country to crack down on undocumented workers.
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By Julia Oliver, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 25--Union County's biggest sewer plant, already strained by record growth, has been fined for environmental problems far more times in recent years than any other similar size plant in the Charlotte region, according to state records.
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At least 200 children were stranded on Wednesday after federal officials detained 350 suspected illegal immigrants at a Massachusetts factory that made supplies for the U.S. military.
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ALBANY, Feb. 27  â Five former managers from a pallet and crate maker pleaded guilty on Tuesday in the companyâs hiring of illegal immigrants, 10 months after raids in 26 states signaled a federal crackdown on employers that break the law to get cheap labor.
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By Edward J. Crowder, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport  Feb. 3--BRIDGEPORT -- In the late 1990s, state Department of Transportation employees working on the P.T. Barnum Bridge made a disturbing report to superiors.
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(Hartford-AP, November 23, 2004) - A former top aide to Gov. John G. Rowland and a major state construction contractor were indicted Thursday on charges they ran a corrupt criminal organization out of the governor&#39;s office.
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A thousand children may have been sold into slave labor in central China, enduring maiming and brutality in primitive brick kilns, state media has claimed amid an expanding scandal about official neglect.
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Twelve Guatemalan workers filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday that accuses a U.S. company of exploitation, fraud and forced labor in the United States.
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A firm providing phone and TV services to hospital patients has been accused of pressurising vulnerable people.
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BEIJING -- The outrage started with the discovery that more than 500 migrant laborers had been forced to work in conditions bordering on slavery in out-of-the-way brick kilns. Local Communist Party authorities, state-run media said, had looked the other way.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is working with federal investigators to examine whether Yale-New Haven Hospital and other nonprofit hospitals in Connecticut are overcharging government agencies for medical supplies.
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Peter Hain was forced onto the defensive today over the closure of factories staffed by disabled workers.
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By The Roanoke Times, Va.  Feb. 15--It is hard not to feel sympathy for Elliston residents who do not want Norfolk Southern to locate a new intermodal yard in their community.
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STOCKTON, Calif. - When Margaret Munoz walked off her job at the world's largest walnut processing plant, she had one grandchild. Now she has seven.