May 24, 2024
The Ninth Circuit on Friday said the U.S. Department of Labor can't let employers pay foreign farmworkers on H-2A visas a lower wage rate, rejecting the department's argument that the matter is moot because the previous harvest season is over.
December 08, 2023
The Ninth Circuit can decide immediately whether the U.S. Department of Labor should have required employers to pay foreign harvest workers at a higher rate available, a union and a worker said, arguing the issue at stake is straightforward.
October 30, 2023
A Washington federal court's decision to continue allowing the U.S. Department of Labor to let employers pay foreign workers based on a lower rate will harm American workers, the United Farm Workers union told the Ninth Circuit, supporting reversal.
October 23, 2023
The Ninth Circuit should flip a Washington federal court's "nonsensical" decision not to stop the U.S. Department of Labor from allowing employers to pay foreign harvesters based on a lower rate, a harvester and a union said, arguing the department violated federal law.