| Residential construction workers in California, Nevada and Arizona will receive $241,301 in unpaid wages after settling a lawsuit against SelectBuild, a subsidiary of BMHC Corp., once the nation's largest residential construction contractor which supplied labor corporate homebuilding giants such as Pulte Homes. The company will also pay the workers' legal fees, which totals approximately $244,000.
The lawsuit alleged SelectBuild systematically failed to pay workers for hours they worked, did not pay overtime rates and kept workers off-the-clock while traveling between jobsites and waiting for materials to arrive.
"I hope this victory shows my co-workers and all workers that when we join together and fight for better jobs, we can win," said Filemon Galvan, a construction worker in Santa Ana who will receive $5,750 in unpaid wages from SelectBuild. The press conference was held with the assistance of the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA).
Of the 85 workers involved in the suit, 35 were from California, 24 were from Nevada and 26 were from Arizona. BMHC and all of its subsidiaries, including SelectBuild, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on June 16. The suit was filed by Rothner, Segall, Greenstone & Leheny and Altshuler, Berzon LLP.
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