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NEW BEDFORD — Workers at a New Bedford seafood processing plant filed a civil class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court Massachusetts over allegations of extortion as a condition of employment.
Lawyers for five former employees filed the lawsuit against Marder Trawling, Inc., and Workforce Unlimited, Inc., on Oct. 24. In it, they accuse the companies of a scheme where the employees paid the then-manager of the Marder plant, Francisco Ixcotoyac Dionicio, $100 a week as a condition of employment…