Federal agency sues Signal International over treatment of foreign workers

Location: Mobile, AL

Type of trafficking: labor trafficking

Update: The Equal Opportunity Employment Commission is suing Mobile-based Signal International for its mistreatment of Indiana guest workers.  The lawsuit is being filed in Gulfport; Signal is also being sued in a New Orleans district court.

Read the full article here: http://blog.al.com/press-register-business/2011/04/federal_agency_sues_signal_int.html

This post is an update of a previous post.

Former workers’ lawsuit accuses landscaping companies of slavery

Location: Mason, TN

What: Former employees of Vanderbilt Landscaping are bringing a lawsuit against the company for labor abuses including human trafficking and slavery.

Read the full article here: http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110325/NEWS03/103250319/-1/WEDDINGS02/Former-workers-lawsuit-accuses-landscaping-companies-slavery