Days after it was found to have underpaid more than 170 migrant workers, the Aquilini Group has sent employees a letter defending its employment record and compensation history at the company's berry farm in Pitt Meadows, B.C. Raul Gatica, a spokesperson with the Migrant Workers Dignity Association, read the letter and said the Aquilini Group did not honour written employment contracts. The Aquilini Group letter said that WorkSafeBC investigation was "random" and that farm management didn't know the vehicle was unsafe before the probe. Since being fined, Chu wrote, the Aquilini Group has taken a number of health and safety measures. The Aquilini Group could not be immediately reached for comment.

Source: CBC News May 22, 2019 17:57 UTC