Bresgal v. Brock

833 F.2d 763 56 USLW 2309 Michael G. BRESGAL; Scott Landfield; Karl Gaines; Thomas A. Wilson; Northwest Forest Workers Association; Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, Agustin Villegas; Rene Guerrero; Jesus Ponce, Plaintiffs-Intervenors, Appellees Cross-Appellants, v. William E. BROCK, Secretary of Labor, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellees. Nos. 86-3996, 86-4072. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 3, 1987. Decided Nov. 18, 1987. Richard K. Willard, Charles H. Turner, Leonard Schaitman, and John S. Koppel, Washington, D.C., for appellant/cross-appellee. D. Michael Dale, Portland, Oregon, and Mary Lewis, Woodburn, Or., for appellees/cross-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Before J. BLAINE ANDERSON, FARRIS and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. FARRIS, Circuit Judge: 1 The plaintiffs are the Northwest Forest Workers Association and individual migrant agricultural workers who have worked in forestry on a seasonal basis. 2 In the forestry business, as in more conventional agricultural industries, independent labor contractors often act as middlemen, hiring and transporting migrant workers for seasonal…