SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 8 -- The California Attorney General issued the following press release:
Files amicus brief in United Farm Workers v. United States Department of Labor to prevent lower wages for domestic and H-2A Farmworkers
OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today co-led a coalition of 11 attorneys general in supporting the United Farm Workers' (UFW) motion for summary judgment seeking to permanently enjoin the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) from applying its 2025 interim final rule (IFR) that implements a significant reduction to the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR). The AEWR is a longstanding regulatory tool used to protect the wages and working conditions of domestic and H-2A farmworkers.
Through the IFR, the DOL...