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NY Attorney General Wins $1.4M Settlement for Nearly 700 Immigrant Workers (documentedny.com)

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[–] TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip 4 points 8 months ago

I don’t know. Even if the lawyers didn’t take a dime of that pot, and even if the recipient didn’t have to pay taxes on that settlement, that’s only $2,000 per person that was injured on the job. Seems like less than a slap on the wrist and more like a wag of the finger.