UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

The rule requires that, “[t]o facilitate coordination with farm labor groups and growers in each region, the respective Regional Committee shall hold an annual public meeting, transcribe or recorded at the option of the Regional Committee, which shall be: (1) Publicized to all appropriate migrant farmworker and grower associations in the region; (2) Conducted by the director of the Regional Commit. [...] A key purpose of the annual public meetings is to improve the enforcement of farmworker protective statutes by facilitating the exchange of relevant information concerning farmworkers’ wages, working conditions, and housing. [...] Defendants’ failure to establish and maintain a National Farm Labor Coordinated Enforcement Committee and Regional Farm Labor Coordinating Committees that annually develop written coordinated enforcement plans, maintain contact with farm labor groups to exchange information and coordinate activities, and hold annual public meetings as described in 29 C. [...] Declare unlawful defendants’ failure to establish and maintain a National Farm Labor Coordinated Enforcement Committee and Regional Farm Labor Coordinating Committees, annually develop written coordinated enforcement plans, maintain contact with farm labor groups to exchange information and coordinate activities, and hold the annual public meetings described in 29 C. [...] Order defendants to establish and maintain a National Farm Labor Coordinated Enforcement Committee and Regional Farm Labor Coordinating Committees, annually develop written coordinated enforcement plans, maintain contact with farm labor groups to exchange information and coordinate activities, and hold the annual public meetings described in 29 C.