United Farm Workers v. The United States Department of Labor
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 UNITED FARM WORKERS, et al., No. 1:20-cv-01690-DAD-JLT Plaintiff, v. SUPPLEMENTAL ORDER REGARDING
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, et al., (Doc. Nos. 37, 38) 15 Defendants.
17 On December 23, 2020, the court granted plaintiffs United Farm Workers and UFW Foundation’s (collectively, “plaintiffs”) motion for a preliminary injunction. (Doc. No. 37.) Therein, the court prohibited defendants United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) and U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia (collectively, “defendants”) from implementing the final rule published on November 5, 2020, and required defendants to publish 2021 Adverse Effect Wage Rates (“AEWRs”) in accordance with the existing regulations. (Id. at 39); see also Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States, 85 Fed. Reg. 70,445 (Nov. 5, 2020). The parties were directed 26 …