Union officials say an investigation of worker discrimination and allegations of wage theft, abuse of avisa programs and child labor at mushroom farms highlight problems in the industry.
The US. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division found Ostrom Mushroom Farms failed to pay farmworkers the required wage rate, and did not provide cooking facilities or three meals per day, all violations of the H-2A temporary agricultural program.
The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found that Ostrom did not pay H-2A workers the required wage and did not provide cooking facilities in worker housing and one
SUNNYSIDE, Wash. - As stated in a news brief from the US Department of Labor, Ostrom Mushroom Farms failed to pay farmworkers their required wage rate and failed to provide