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: Washington Labor, Employment & Employee Benefits Law$317,000 Race Discrimination Verdict for Farm Workers
By Donald W. Heyrich
A jury in Yakima, Washington has awarded a verdict of $317,000 for farm workers who claimed they were discriminated against based on race. The farm workers contended that they were not hired, or they were fired and replaced, in favor of workers brought from Thailand under the federal H-2A guest-worker program in 2004. An article about the case appears here.
Full post as published by Washington Labor, Employment & Employee Benefits Law on March 29, 2008 (boomark / email).
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