by Adriana | Oct 1, 2016 | Impact Litigation
When our workplaces have reliable health and safety protections – whether it’s an office or a construction site, a dairy or an orchard – workers, businesses, and local economies can thrive. When those protections are weak or unenforced, the...
by Adriana | Aug 31, 2016 | Impact Litigation
The Ninth Circuit affirmed today that federal judge Stanley A. Bastian, in an earlier decision, had correctly ruled that a lawsuit involving over 600 Yakima Valley farm workers may proceed as a class action. The unanimous three-judge panel affirmed Judge Bastian’s...
by Adriana | Aug 31, 2016 | Impact Litigation
The panel affirmed the district court’s order certifying a plaintiff class of domestic farm workers who alleged violations of the Agricultural Workers’ Protection Act and Washington law. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendant farm employer failed to inform them of...
by Adriana | Jul 25, 2016 | Impact Litigation
On Sunday, farm worker advocates from Columbia Legal Services began distributing funds to over 700 farm workers in the Yakima Valley who were on the winning side of a hard-fought class action settlement. After years of litigation in the Saucedo v. NW Management case,...
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