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2002:

Group claims abuse of migrant workers [Michigan, USA] - A statewide organization that aids migrant workers is alleging a Pontiac-based company [Torre & Bruglio Inc., a landscaping company that hired the workers to do mostly landscaping, lawn and clean-up work] brought about 300 Mexicans to Oakland and Wayne counties to work for low wages, live in crowded conditions and be treated unfairly. (Diana Dillaber Murray, Oakland Press, 27 July 2002)

• Migrant workers to get housing [USA] - A landscaping company that housed around 150 migrant workers from Mexico in eight homes on the city's east side is looking for new living arrangements for the men. The houses, owned and leased by Pontiac-based Torre & Bruglio landscaping company, were so overcrowded they were condemned following a city inspection late Monday. (Diana Dillaber Murray, Oakland Press, 31 July 2002)