Rochell Mitchell v. JCG Industries

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs are employed in a poultry processing plant in Chicago owned by the defendants, affiliated corporations that we’ll call “the employer.” The plaintiffs advance two claims: a claim by the two plaintiffs, suing jointly, that the employer has violated an overtime provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq.; and a class action claim (supplemental to the federal claim, see 28 U.S.C. § 1367(a)), made by the plaintiffs as the representatives of the class, that the employer’s conduct violates an overtime provision of the Illinois Minimum Wage…