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Labor/Employment

Feb. 23, 2012

'Teen tour' chaperones file suit over wages

Plaintiffs suing a tour company that organizes expensive international summer trips say they signed contracts stating they would follow California law while abroad. But they say the tour company didn't do the same.


By Brian Sumers


Daily Journal Staff Writer


When Peter Wright and Michelle Trame agreed to chaperone groups of teenagers on expensive international summer tours 2½ years ago, they say they signed contracts stating they would follow California law while abroad.


But they say the tour company that hired them didn't do the same.


Wright and Trame are lead plaintiffs in a Marin County Superior Court lawsuit on behalf of 3...

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