Lawsuit accused company of exploiting foreign workers

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A Guatemalan man and two of his former co-workers have filed a federal lawsuit against a Murfreesboro landscaping company, accusing the firm of trafficking immigrants for forced labor.

The Tennessean reports that Mynor Chox said he was treated like a servant and threatened with deportation if he complained about working conditions at Outdoors Unlimited landscaping company.

Chox got a temporary visa known as the H2-B that allowed him to legally work in the United States. In the lawsuit, the three men say they were forced to live in a trailer with 10 others, worked six days a week and cheated out of the all the money they were due.

An attorney for the company declined to comment. In legal filings, the company has denied any wrongdoing.

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