Cannery: Release Offered To Quarantined Workers Was Fair Settlement Offer

Mealey's (July 9, 2020, 10:55 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The owner of an Alaskan cannery accused in a class complaint filed in a California court of forcing seasonal seafood processing workers to quarantine in a hotel without pay argues in a July 6 opposition that the release it provided the potential workers was a “fair and noncoercive” settlement offer and did not have a “chilling effect” on participation (Jane Doe, et al. v. North Pacific Seafoods, Inc., et al., No. CGC-20-585097, Calif. Super., San Francisco Co.)....