Judge Is Considering Growers' Lawsuit Against Solis on Guestworker Program

Written by Bruce Goldstein Tuesday, 23 June 2009 12:35

Federal Judge William Osteen, Jr. is expected rule imminently on the agribusiness lawsuit against Secretary Solis for her decision to suspend the Bush-Chao changes to the H-2A guestworker program.  The United Farm Workers union and individual farmworkers, represented by FJ's Marni Willenson and NC Attorney Robert Willis, presented argument against the growers' demand for a preliminary injunction during a hearing on Monday morning in federal court in Greensboro, NC.  The Department of Labor, the growers' attorneys, and we submitted supplemental briefs on Tuesday morning. 

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