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Familias Unidas Por La Justicia AFL-CIO v. United States Department of Labor et al

  1. February 23, 2026

    Union Urges Court To Undo DOL Farm Wage Survey Results

    A farmworkers union has pressed a Washington federal court to reject the U.S. Department of Labor's approval of a wage survey meant to help determine foreign seasonal worker compensation, arguing it entails a "windfall" for growers at domestic farmworkers' expense. 

  2. August 20, 2025

    ​​​​​​​Farmworkers Union Can't Halt Latest Prevailing Wages Survey

    A farmworkers union cannot halt the U.S. Department of Labor from replacing 2020 prevailing wages with 2022 wage-survey results, a Washington federal judge ruled, saying the alleged harm is self-inflicted because the later wages were published following the union's actions.

  3. June 25, 2025

    DOL Urges Judge Not To Block H-2A Prevailing Wage Rules

    The U.S. Department of Labor defended its 2022 H-2A prevailing wage regulations against claims from a farmworker union in Washington federal court, arguing the agency's rules are lawful and must be upheld.

  4. May 15, 2025

    Farmworkers' Union Challenges H-2A Prevailing Wage Regs

    A farmworkers' union said that the U.S. Department of Labor's 2022 H-2A prevailing wage regulations cannot stand and could leave farmworkers without prevailing wage protections, urging a Washington federal court to grant the union a partial win.

  5. March 31, 2025

    Minimum Wage Orders Blocked For H-2A Farmworkers In Wash.

    The U.S. Department of Labor may not approve minimum wage job orders for migrant farmworkers in Washington state, a federal judge has ruled, saying seasonal farmworkers with H-2A visas must receive paychecks that don't depress agricultural wages in the area.

  6. February 19, 2025

    Farmworker Advocates Seek Block On DOL Visa Approvals

    A farmworker union called on a Washington federal court to stop the U.S. Department of Labor from approving H-2A job orders that do not pay prevailing wages, arguing the practice depresses domestic wages.

  7. February 18, 2025

    Judge Won't Hold DOL In Contempt In Farmworker Wage Suit

    A Washington federal judge has rejected a farmworker union's claims that the U.S. Department of Labor violated a court injunction by greenlighting H-2A contracts that do not include 2020 prevailing wage rates for the upcoming cherry and apple harvests.

  8. February 05, 2025

    DOL Scores Partial Win In Farmworker Union Wage Rate Fight

    A Washington federal judge has granted the U.S. Department of Labor a partial win in a farmworker union's challenge to federal policies that have allegedly depressed farmworker wages, concluding that some claims challenge DOL actions that aren't final agency actions.

  9. January 06, 2025

    Wash. Labor Dept. Escapes Union's Farm Wage Challenge

    A Washington federal judge on Monday cut the state's employment agency loose from a union challenge to policies that have allegedly depressed farmworker wages, saying the U.S. Department of Labor is the only proper defendant in the litigation.

  10. December 17, 2024

    Union Says DOL's H2-A Contracts Defy Court Order

    A farmworkers union told a Washington federal judge Monday that the U.S. Department of Labor is violating a court injunction by greenlighting H-2A contracts that do not include 2020 prevailing wage rates for the upcoming cherry and apple harvests.