Michigan farm houses temp workers in unhealthy conditions
A Michigan farmer that houses his temporary workers in substandard buildings with broken toilets, showers and screen doors, standing water and pest infestations has been ordered by a federal judge to clean up his act.
The court found that the housing camp operated by Darryl Howes Farms in Copemish violated standards set forth in the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA). Howes was ordered to make repairs and improvements in the “Green Camp,” which was home to approximately 38 workers employed for the 2011 harvest.