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Court approves class certification for lawsuit claiming OBI Seafoods owes workers payment for time spent in COVID lockdown

Lawyers for OBI Seafoods, which is jointly held by Cooke and one of Alaska's community development groups, have called the former employee plaintiffs’ claims 'frivolous.'

Workers at OBI's Wood River salmon processing facility. A class action suit has been filed against the Cooke-Bristol Bay Economic Development (BBEDC) group for alleged wage theft by workers at the group's Naknek, Alaska operation.
Workers at OBI's Wood River salmon processing facility. A class action suit has been filed against the Cooke-Bristol Bay Economic Development (BBEDC) group for alleged wage theft by workers at the group's Naknek, Alaska operation.Photo: OBI
Published 14 September 2022, 13:18Updated 14 September 2022, 13:18
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