How can I receive my funds owed

Hi my name is Lavonne Mcallister I’ve been working for millennia properties as landscaper and getting paid has been like pulling a tooth.they pay when they want and get upset when u ask for it but right now I have a dept of about 38 plus thousand dollars I have invoices showing paper trail,along with emails,text messages full of requests to work,and broken promises to pay me n my workers have transformed this property and we need to be paid today they basically told ne to get an account to collect debt and flaunted how long it would take and how I would receive less someone please help I’m a small business owner who has dedicated my hard earned time n money to maintenance this property what I thought was my blessing has turned out to be a nightmare