October 26, 2026
A farmworker and a union urged a Washington federal court to increase a previous attorney fee award to nearly $430,000 following a recent Ninth Circuit decision in their favor, arguing they are entitled to more fees due to their success in challenging the federal government's agricultural wage survey methodology.
June 25, 2026
The Ninth Circuit has ordered a Washington federal court to increase an attorney fee award for farmworkers who successfully challenged the federal government's agricultural wage survey methodology, finding the lower court's explanation for slashing the award by 75% was insufficient.
November 04, 2022
A Washington federal judge resisted fruit harvesters' demand to force state and federal officials to abandon a 2021 survey used to set their wages, saying it wasn't flawed like the 2019 survey previously invalidated by the court.
March 03, 2021
The Labor Department "abdicated [its] duty to protect the wages of domestic workers" by using "flawed" data to approve agricultural wage rates, a Washington federal judge has said, ordering the agency to immediately reset the rates to prevent further damage to workers' livelihoods.