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Two migrant workers receive $11,000 in wages from New Brunswick seafood company
Two former workers from Mexico received $11,000 in unpaid wages from New Brunswick seafood processor LeBreton & Sons Fisheries.
The company agreed to pay Juan Pablo Lerma Lopez and Adriana de Leon Silva in a settlement of their 2024 lawsuit.
The workers received their cheques after a years-long legal fight.
They had come to Canada through the Temporary Foreign Worker program, which lets employers hire workers from abroad.
Its permits tie workers to one employer, making it difficult to leave if they face mistreatment.
Government fines do not directly compensate workers, so a lawsuit can be one route to recover wages.
LeBreton has also faced federal penalties, but a court partly overturned a 2024 penalty and allowed it to keep using the program.
Two former migrant workers from Mexico received $11,000 in lost wages from New Brunswick seafood processor LeBreton & Sons Fisheries Ltd.
The payment followed a settlement in a lawsuit the workers filed in 2024.
Juan Pablo Lerma Lopez and Adriana de Leon Silva received their cheques last week, according to the article published on Oct. 14, 2026.
The workers came to Canada through the Temporary Foreign Worker program.
The article says workers have limited routes to receive direct compensation for employer mistreatment.
- Who
- Former workers Juan Pablo Lerma Lopez and Adriana de Leon Silva, and seafood processor LeBreton & Sons Fisheries Ltd.
- What
- The company paid the workers $11,000 in lost wages under a settlement.
- When
- The settlement was reached in late August; the workers received their cheques last week.
- Where
- New Brunswick, Canada. The workers are from Mexico.
- Why
- The payment settled a 2024 lawsuit over unpaid wages.
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The two workers filed a lawsuit against LeBreton in a New Brunswick small claims court.
A federal court partially overturned a $365,750 penalty against LeBreton, citing a lack of procedural fairness.
Employment and Social Development Canada fined LeBreton $90,000 for not following program rules.
LeBreton agreed to pay the two former employees $11,000 in lost wages as part of a settlement.
The workers received their cheques from the company.
- Settlement payment
- $11,000 in lost wages
- Workers
- Juan Pablo Lerma Lopez and Adriana de Leon Silva
- Company
- LeBreton & Sons Fisheries Ltd.
- Lawsuit filed
- 2024
- March 2026 fine
- $90,000
What people are saying
We hope this victory will make the employer change the way they treat employees
Life in Mexico is hard, I do not have a steady job. But it is better than the experience with LeBreton, which was traumatic for me