WA foreign labor suit settled
April 17, 2009
Yakima, WA -- About 650 Yakima Valley farm workers who said they were displaced by imported Thai workers will receive $350 to $500 to compensate their losses, a federal judge has ruled.
A May 21 hearing has been set to wrap up the last issues remaining in the case brought against Global Horizons, the California labor contractor that's been beleaguered by legal and regulatory problems since bringing its first foreign workers to the region several years ago.
U.S. District Court Judge Robert Whaley ruled Wednesday that the estimated 650 Latino workers displaced by Global's move were owed $235,000 in damages.
The Yakima Herald-Republic (WA)
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