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Oil Drillers' Wages

A federal judge on Wednesday gave preliminary <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/MI-Swaco.pdf">approval</a></strong> to a $7 million class action settlement involving M-I Swaco and its oil-drilling specialists, known as “mud engineers,” over wages and rest breaks.

FRESNO, Calif. – A federal judge gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a $7 million class action settlement involving M-I Swaco and its oil-drilling specialists, known as “mud engineers,” over wages and rest breaks.

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