{"id":1763,"date":"2024-09-26T21:21:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T21:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farmstand.chee.studio\/case\/defending-the-rights-of-seasonal-agricultural-workers\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T07:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T07:28:20","slug":"defending-the-rights-of-seasonal-agricultural-workers","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"http:\/\/farmstand.org\/es\/case\/defending-the-rights-of-seasonal-agricultural-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Defending the Rights of Seasonal Agricultural Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Agricultural workers of all kinds \u2014 including seasonal workers on H-2A visas \u2014 deserve basic workplace protections, including the right to meet with guests and service providers in the workers\u2019 employer-provided housing without fear of retaliation and protection from injury during their commutes to work. The Biden Administration finalized a rule to ensure these and other protections for workers in temporary agricultural employment. Several coalitions of Republican-led states, employers, and agribusiness organizations have filed multiple legal challenges to the rule. FarmSTAND is representing farmworker advocacy groups and farmworkers in several of these cases as amicus curiae<\/em> or proposed intervenors to defend the rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In June 2025, the Trump Administration\u2019s Department of Labor announced it will no longer enforce the Biden rule<\/a> or defend it in court. The litigation continues, and FarmSTAND will continue to fight for key H-2A worker protections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kansas v. U.S. Department of Labor (S.D. Ga.)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In the case of Kansas v. U.S. Department of Labor, a coalition of 17 Republican-led States and agribusiness organizations filed a challenge to the rule in federal court in Georgia. FarmSTAND and Sur Legal filed an amicus curiae<\/em> brief defending the rule on behalf of a group of farmworker advocates and workers who have labored alongside workers on H-2A visas. The amici groups are Comit\u00e9 de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agr\u00edcolas, Community Legal Services, Farmworker Justice, Farmworker Legal Services, The Georgia Legal Services Program, Justice at Work, Legal Action of Wisconsin, Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, Inc., The National Legal Aid & Defender Association, The Northwest Workers\u2019 Justice Project, Sur Legal, United Farm Workers, and The UFW Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Republican-led states specifically challenged parts of the rule related to worker organizing, they nevertheless asked the court to shred the entire rule.  A federal judge in Georgia sided with the states and issued an injunction blocking the entire rule from going into effect in the 17 states involved in the case. This ruling will gravely harm the hundreds of thousands of agricultural workers who need its protection. FarmSTAND then filed another amicus curiae<\/em> brief in support of the government\u2019s cross-motion for summary judgment, emphasizing why the rule should stand and go into effect nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FarmSTAND will continue to monitor the case and evaluate additional opportunities to help defend the rule\u2019s vital protections for farmworkers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alegatos de bienhecho<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Amicus Brief Re PI (Kansas)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Order Granting Preliminary Injunction (Kansas)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amicus Brief Re Summary Judgment (Kansas)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Barton v. U.S. Department of Labor (E.D. Ky.)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Several private plaintiffs including individual farm owners and agribusiness organizations sued to challenge the H-2A rule in federal court in Kentucky. The states of Kentucky, Alabama, Ohio, and West Virginia joined the case as Plaintiff-Intervenors, also challenging the final rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several worker advocacy groups and individual farmworkers moved to intervene as Defendant-Intervenors, seeking to defend this essential rule. FarmSTAND, along with Daniel Canon of Saeed & Little, LLP, represents these proposed Intervenors: Odin Millard, Dexter Starks, Willie Shelly, Farmworker Justice, Legal Action of Wisconsin, and the UFW Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A federal judge in Kentucky denied the motion to intervene. The judge also sided with the Plaintiffs and states and issued an injunction blocking parts of the rule from going into effect in the four states involved in the case and against the private plaintiffs and members of agribusiness organization plaintiffs. These rulings compound the harm to agricultural workers who need the rule\u2019s protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alegatos de bienhecho<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Motion to Intervene (Barton)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opposition to Plaintiffs Motion for PI (Barton)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opposition to Intervenor-Plaintiffs Motion for PI (Barton)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Order Granting Preliminary Injunction (Barton)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amici Curiae Brief Opposing Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment (Barton)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation v. U.S. Department of Labor (E.D.N.C.)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation along with two farm businesses filed suit in federal court in North Carolina to challenge the new H-2A rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several worker advocacy groups and individual farmworkers moved to intervene as Defendant-Intervenors, seeking to defend this essential rule. FarmSTAND, along with North Carolina Justice Center, represents these Intervenors: Odin Millard, Dexter Starks, Willie Shelly, Farmworker Justice and the UFW Foundation. On May 5, 2025, in a big win for H-2A workers, the court granted the defendants\u2019 motion for summary judgment, and redesignated the intervenor defendants as amici.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alegatos de bienhecho<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Motion to Intervene (NCFBF)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment (NCFBF)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Order Granting Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment (NCFBF)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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