July 30, 2015
The Ninth Circuit said Thursday that a Washington farm will be immediately allowed to challenge class certification granted to migrant workers who claim they were purposefully not told that higher-paying H-2A visa jobs were available.
June 12, 2015
A lawsuit claiming a Washington farm didn't tell migrant workers about higher paying H-2A visa jobs was put on hold Thursday, as both sides wait to see whether the Ninth Circuit will hear the farm's appeal of a judge's decision to certify the proposed class.
April 27, 2015
A Washington farm accused of not telling migrant workers about higher paying H-2A visa jobs objected Friday to a plan of notifying class members through local radio and newspaper advertisements, calling it an unnecessary media blitz.
April 09, 2015
A federal district judge granted class certification Wednesday to agricultural workers who claim a Washington employer purposefully did not tell them that higher-paying H-2A visa jobs were available.
March 06, 2015
A Washington federal judge on Thursday refused to reconsider an order keeping alive a putative class action accusing Mercer Canyons farm of failing to inform local workers that higher-paying H-2A visa vineyard jobs were available, ruling the court hadn't made any errors in its previous decision.
February 24, 2015
A Washington farm has slammed the class certification bid of local workers accusing it of failing to inform them about higher paying H-2A visa vineyard jobs, telling a Washington federal court that the proposed class size is absurd and the claims are better addressed individually.
February 19, 2015
A Washington farm on Wednesday fired back at local workers accusing it of failing to inform them about higher paying H-2A visa vineyard jobs as part of the farm's renewed bid to get a federal judge to drop the proposed class action.
February 04, 2015
A Washington federal judge Wednesday rejected Mercer Canyons Inc.'s bid to delay pretrial discovery in a class action accusing the farm of failing to tell local employees and job seekers about higher-paying jobs it was offering to seasonal workers from Mexico under the federal H-2A visa program.
January 30, 2015
Mercer Canyons asked a Washington federal judge Thursday to partially reconsider an order keeping alive a putative class action accusing the farm of failing to inform local workers that higher-paying H-2A visa vineyard jobs were available, saying the court erred by failing to address a number of issues.
January 23, 2015
A Washington federal judge on Friday kept alive a putative class action alleging a southeastern Washington farm failed to inform local farm workers about the availability of higher-paying H-2A visa vineyard jobs, saying there are genuine disputes of fact in the case.