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From CivilEats.com, Gail Wadsworth, 1 Dec 2011. There is a sense of pride in this trailer park and the public spaces surrounding the trailers are, for the most part, pleasant and clean. But it’s clear that the trailers are old and in some cases unsafe. In fact, there are a couple of trailers that have … Continue reading
From DOL.gov, Dept. of Labor, 29 Aug 2011. ILAB News Release: [08/29/2011] Contact Name: Gloria Della or Joshua Lamont Phone Number: (202) 693-8666 or x4661 Release Number: 11-1278-NAT Ceremony coincides with start of Labor Rights Week WASHINGTON — Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today signed joint declarations and letters of arrangement with Ambassador Aníbal de … Continue reading
From CourthouseNews.com, Dan McCue, 23 Jun 2011. GREENVILLE, N.C. (CN) – Eleven black workers say a North Carolina vegetable farm made them dig holes with their hands, and used the blatant discrimination to justify firing them, to show there were no U.S. workers available, so the farm could bring in 58 Mexican workers on H-2A … Continue reading
From OSHA.gov, News Release, U.S. Dept. of Labor, 16 Jun 2011. Release Number: 11-880-NAT June 16, 2011 Contact: Gloria Della Joshua Lamont Phone: 202-693-8666 202-693-4661 Email: della.gloria@dol.gov lamont.joshua.r@dol.gov WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis, Guatemalan Ambassador Francisco Villagrán De Léon and Nicaraguan Ambassador Francisco Campbell today signed declarations that will make it easier to protect the rights of … Continue reading
From LATimesBlog.LATimes.com, P.J. Huffstutter, 13 Jun 2011. The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered two California farm labor contractor companies to pay $91,300 in fines and worker back pay in connection to federal investigations into wage violations and unsafe worker transportation conditions. The investigations of Madera-based Mid-Valley Labor Services and Riverdale-based Ayala Corp. were launched after two … Continue reading
From OHSOnline.com, Occupational Health & Safety, 11 Jun 2011. “This precedent-setting agreement will go a long way in protecting the interests of workers employed by this farm, as well as others in the industry,” said Patrick Reilly, director of the division’s Southern New Jersey District Office. In two separate actions, administrative law judges have ordered … Continue reading
From CourthouseNews.com, Dan McCue, 13 Apr 2011. RALEIGH, N.C. (CN) – Migrant workers say farm labor contractors enslaved them after luring them to North Carolina, held them under threat of death, and shot at workers who tried to escape. Rumualdo Lainez and Marvin Maldonado claim Francisco Baltazar Sr. and Francisco Baltazar Jr. enticed them to … Continue reading
From CourthouseNews.com, Tim Hull, 21 Apr 2011. [Medford, OR] (CN) – An Oregon fruit orchard broke the law when it included housing costs in the minimum wage that it paid migrant workers, the 9th Circuit ruled Tuesday. Bear Creek Orchards, in Medford, typically hires about 350 pickers for its annual, month-long harvest peaches and pears. … Continue reading
Farmworkers’ Forum Editorial On 22 March 2011, in a 6-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that workers do not need to have filed a written complaint against their employers to prove that they were fired in retaliation. Under this ruling, workers who make oral complaints to employers are equally protected from employer retaliation by the federal Fair … Continue reading
From Dorsey.com, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, “Kasten v. Saint-Gobain: Supreme Court Rules That Oral Employee Complaints Are Afforded FLSA Retaliation Protection,” 24 Mar 2011. On March 22, 2011, the United States Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion in Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp., __U.S.__, No. 09-834 (Mar. 22, 2011), holding that oral complaints are … Continue reading
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