January 27, 2012

Labor Department fines Jorge Castro Farms

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Federal officials have ordered a California farm labor contractor to pay fines and back wages for what they say are violations of the rights of migrant strawberry pickers at a farm in Salinas.
The U.S. Department of Labor announced Wednesday that an investigation into Santa Cruz-based Jorge Castro Farms found the contractor violated a number of federal laws. Sacramento Bee

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