L&I Fines Farm Labor Contractor; Official Pleads Guilty in Separate Exploitation Case

A Washington farm labor contractor faces stiff fines for labor violations, including failure to provide farmworkers with required information about wages and job conditions. The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries cited Superbee Contracting LLC, of Moxee in Yakima County, on June 16 for allegedly breaking farmworker protection laws involving nearly 1,200 laborers at farms in several counties, as well as one in Oregon. The company is on the hook for $700,000 in fines, L&I said. In a separate case, Superbee’s controller and business agent, G...