15.  Defendants manage both egg farms and egg processing plants. On their farms,  Defendants raise pullets and laying hens and produce eggs. In their processing plants,  Defendants’ employees clean, sort, and package both eggs produced on their own farms and eggs  produced by other farmers.    17.  During the relevant time period, Defendants assigned Plaintiffs, who regularly  worked in one of the plants in Chillicothe, Texas; Prosper, Texas; and Nebo, Oklahoma, to work  in the other of these three locations or elsewhere for the Defendants   18.  Each day, and often at multiple times during a workday, Defendants assigned and  reassigned each of the Plaintiffs to work either on their farms or in their processing plants, as  needed. Within the three years preceding the filing of this lawsuit, each of the Plaintiffs worked  regularly both on Defendants’ farm and in Defendants’ processing plant in Chillicothe, Texas.  Plaintiffs Bautista and Casillas also worked at various times within the three years preceding the  filing of this lawsuit on Defendants’ farms and in Defendants’ processing plants in Prosper,  Texas and Nebo, Oklahoma. The Class Members worked either exclusively in Defendants’  processing plants, or regularly on both the Defendants’ farms and in the processing plants.   19.  The Plaintiffs’ and Class Members’ duties in Defendants’ processing plants  included cleaning, sorting, packing, and preparing eggs for shipment.   20.  During all of the relevant period, each of Defendants’ processing plants in  Chillicothe, Texas; Prosper, Texas; and Nebo, Oklahoma, as long as it was in operation;  regularly processed eggs from other farmers and companies.    21.  The Plaintiffs and Class Members regularly worked more than 40 hours per week,  but Defendants paid them only their regular rates for their overtime hours instead of one and one- half times their regular rates of pay.   22.  The Plaintiffs and Class Members also were regularly forced to work “off the  clock”—work time that was not recorded and for which they were not compensated.    24.  Defendants failed to pay Plaintiffs and Class Members overtime at the proper  rate—using their regular hourly rate of pay for overtime hours worked instead of time and a half  this rate.    25.  Defendants knowingly, willfully, or with reckless disregard carried out their  illegal pattern or practice of failing to pay minimum wage and overtime compensation with  respect to the Plaintiffs and Class Members.  26.  The Class Members are similarly situated to the named Plaintiffs in that their  relevant job duties were the same as the Plaintiffs’ and they were subject to the same illegal pay  policies or practices that are relevant to this action.    27.  Several of the Class Members have requested to participate in this case as opt-in  plaintiffs. The written consents of some of these individuals are included with this complaint.   28.  The Defendants’ failure to pay minimum wage and overtime compensation at the  rates required by the FLSA results from generally applicable policies or practices and does not  depend on the personal circumstances of the Class Members. Thus, the Plaintiffs’ experience is  typical of the experience of the Class Members.   30.  As a collective action, Plaintiffs seek this Court's appointment and\or designation  as representatives of a group of similarly situated individuals as defined herein.  