An upstate Federal Judge has issued a temporary restraining order halting the implementation of certain provisions of the state’s landmark Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act that had been slated to go into effect on Jan. 1.
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Vilardo’s ruling came in response to a Dec. 30 lawsuit brought by New York-based dairy and vegetable farmers who alleged that the measure granting farmworkers the right to organize, get overtime pay and have at least one day of rest a week, ran afoul of existing Federal law.
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