Ecuadorean Immigrants Sue Bakery Owners, Alleging Mistreatment
"An extended family of Ecuadorean immigrants, who worked for years in the back room of an Italian bakery in New Haven, has filed a federal lawsuit alleging members were cheated out of overtime wages, sexually harassed and threatened with deportation if they complained. ... The lawsuit, brought under the "Trafficking Victims Protection Act," paints a picture of women and children dragging heavy bags of flour, operating industrial machines and fending off the lewd advances of their boss."
in the Courant.