Familias Unidas Por La Justicia AFL-CIO v. United States Department of Labor

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE FAMILIAS UNIDAS POR LA JUSTICIA, CASE NO. 2:24-cv-00637-JHC AFL-CIO, ORDER Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR; LORI CHAVEZ-DeREMER in her official capacity as United States Secretary of Labor, Defendants.

As stated at the in-court hearing held on April 15, 2025, Dkt. # 157, the Court partially STAYS its second preliminary injunction, Dkt. # 145. Until further order of the Court, the Court stays the following portions of its second preliminary injunction ordering the United States Department of Labor (DOL) to: • Immediately rescind and modify all AEWR-only job orders approved for beneficiaries of the Barton preliminary injunction located in Washington since November 25, 2024; 1 • Inform all relevant employers in Washington that to continue to employ H-2A 2 workers, they must unequivocally offer and pay the conforming prevailing piece 3 rate wage under the 2020-Survey prevailing wage rates in compliance with the 4 Ninth Circuit’s conclusion on the application of 20 C.F.R. §§ 655.120(a) and 5 655.122(l) in Torres Hernandez v. Su, 2024 WL 2559562, at *1 (9th Cir. May 24, 6 2024); 7 • Inform all relevant employers in Washington that they must expeditiously 8 disclose updated terms and conditions of work to their employees 9 The second preliminary injunction otherwise remains in effect.

10 Dated this 15th day of April, 2025.

12 a 13 John H. Chun United States District Judge