Valenzuela
Valenzuela v. Giumarra Vineyards Corp.
Opinion
Opinion
Ishii, J.
ORDER RE: MOTION TO DISMISS
I. History
Plaintiffs are seasonal farm laborers who worked for Defendant Giumarra Vineyards Corporation from roughly 2001 through 2005. They worked various jobs in the packing shed, cold storage areas, and fields in Kern and Tulare Counties. Plaintiffs allege that Defendant underpaid them (and other workers like them) and violated a variety of laws that governed working conditions.
Plaintiffs filed a class action suit on December 16, 2005. Doc. 1. The complaint alleges: (1) violations of the federal Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers Protection Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1801 et seq. (“AWPA”) through failure to pay wages when due, failing to post required notices, failing to keep accurate records, providing false and misleading information, and violating the terms of the working arrangements; (2) common law breach of contract for failure to pay wages for all hours worked; (3) violations Cal. Labor Code § 1194 by failing to pay overtime wages; (4) violations of Cal. Labor Code § 2802 by requiring Plaintiffs to purchase their own tools; (5) violations of Cal. Labor Code § 226.7 by failing to allow meal breaks; (6) violations of Cal. Labor Code § 226.7 by…