The plant owner was abusing the workers & not paying them. The workers sued & won.
The plant owner is a GOP donor.
Allegations of labor abuses dogged Mississippi plant years before immigration raids, w/company threatening deportation for those who complained.
Workers sued & after 8-year court battle, company settled last year, agreeing to pay $3.75M, etc. /2
reuters.com/article/us-usa…
The ICE RAID reeks of "payback" & serves as warning to other abused undocumented immigrants of what will happen if they speak up for their rights.
This the #GOP /3
Koch Foods NOT affiliated w/THE Koch Brothers.
(oddly, both founded by men named Fred Koch?)
Grendys is a Republican donor, personally & via PAC (National Chicken Council) that donates PRIMARILY to GOP (FEC recs)
Koch Foods aka JCG Industries