Legal Opinion
Bresgal v. Brock
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 18, 1987No. Nos. 86-3996, 86-4072PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRIS, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs are the Northwest Forest Workers Association and individual migrant agricultural workers who have worked in forestry on a seasonal basis.
In the forestry business, as in more conventional agricultural industries, independent labor contractors often act as middlemen, hiring and transporting migrant workers for seasonal labor on land owned by others. Testimony before Congress indicated that the unscrupulous practices of independent labor contractors have injured owners and laborers alike:
It is unfortunately an all too common experience for workers to be…
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