Washington Court Holds Employer Farm’s Ban On Guests In Employee Housing Illegal

On November 3, 2014, Honorable Susan K. Cook of the Superior Court of the State of Washington in and for the County of Skagit entered an order granting Plaintiff Familias Unidas Por La Justicia’s (“Familias”) Motion for a Preliminary Injunction against Sakuma Bros. Farms & Market (“Sakuma”). The Court found that portions of Sakuma’s Employee Handbook and Employee Housing Agreement interfered with its seasonal employees’ right to self-organize and engage in concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.

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