A federal judge has imposed sanctions on a Putnam County nursery that disobeyed a previous court order in a U.S. Department of Labor investigation of alleged intimidation of seasonal agricultural workers from Mexico ."It is troubling," U.S. District Judge Vincent L. Briccetti noted, that Berkshire Nursery & Supply Corp. and owner Jesus Flores violated unambiguous terms of a 2023 order, "just days after the court issued it."
When the U.S. Department of Labor began investigating Berkshire Nursery & Supply Corp. last November the owner of the Putnam County business allegedly told employees that their families in Mexico would be harmed by a cartel if they cooperated with the probe.