The Farmworker Unit of Legal Aid of North Carolina recently filed a lawsuit, Valerio-Naranjo et al. v. Shady Ridge Corp. et al., in federal court in the Eastern District of North Carolina on behalf of eight (8) H-2A farmworkers against defendants Shady Ridge Corp., Jeffrey C. Lee Farms, Inc., Hobbs & Peterson Farms, Inc., and […]
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NC individuals and entities added to U.S...
The following NC individuals and entities have recently been added to U.S. Department of Labor’s list of Ineligible Farm Labor Contractors. They may not engage in ANY activities as a farm labor contractor or farm labor contracting employee, regardless of whether it’s in the H-2A program or not. Alejandro Torres Barrientos (Garland) Lucia Y. Covarrubias […]
U.S. Department of Labor Obtains Prelimi...
The U.S. Department of Labor announced that it has successfully obtained a preliminary injunction from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri to enjoin defendant Marin J. Corp. from violating its obligations concerning its employment of H-2A temporary agriculture workers under the H-2A visa program. This is the second time in the […]