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ARTURO'S STORY <br />House Labor Committee Testimony 42 <br />"Last year I worked for Painting America. A su- <br />pervisor drove me to the jobsite [and] put me in <br />contact with Eduardo Venezuela, my Foreman. <br />I worked for these guys for almost three weeks. <br />I showed up to get paid and he gave me the <br />address to get to his home. The guys don't want <br />to pay me in money. He wants to give me drugs <br />to sell. He says we make way more money if we <br />sell these drugs. I say no way. I need the money <br />because I need to feed my family. I'm a worker. <br />[This] basically happened to the Spanish <br />[speaking] people because we don't know the <br />laws...we workers. We work hard to make our <br />money to feed the family and pay the rent. <br />42 February 6, win, testimony by Arturo Hernandez in front <br />of the Minnesota State House Legislature available here <br />starting at 32 minutes and 25 seconds: https://youtu.be/ <br />wttVvpg_xIo. <br />I reported these guys to the [Department of <br />Labor]. This isn't supposed to happen. This <br />thing. The company supports these guys to do <br />this. To steal the money from these people. <br />[1 spoke to Painting America] to give me an <br />application. They don't do it. They told me <br />Eduardo is in charge. 1 don't fill out any job <br />application because the guys don't give me <br />any. This case, this doesn't only happen to me. <br />It happened to other guys, other Spanish guys. <br />The guys don't want to make the report or any- <br />thing because they are scared. I hope you pass <br />the law and help the Spanish people because <br />they are scared to report they stole the money." <br />Arturo Hernandez <br />Wednesday. Fcbnuary 6, 2019 <br />North Star Policy Action 11 <br />