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Horning Brothers to pay $525,000 to resolve civil rights lawsuit brought by attorney general over sexual harassment of agricultural workers

Believed to be largest civil rights resolution for Washington state ever

SPOKANE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that Horning Brothers, LLC, a Quincy-based agricultural company, will pay $525,000 in a civil rights enforcement action claiming sexual harassment of multiple female agricultural workers, discriminatory hiring and sex-segregated employment practices and retaliation against workers who reported the improper conduct.

AG Ferguson announces major milestones in initiative to eliminate no-poach clauses nationwide, files lawsuit against Jersey Mike’s

Initiative extends beyond fast-food industry as Valvoline, Anytime Fitness, Planet Fitness, Circle K and others agree to eliminate no-poach clauses nationwide

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today filed a lawsuit against national restaurant chain Jersey Mike’s after it refused to remove no-poach clauses from its franchise contracts.

Attorney General survey shows nearly half of child dependency cases impacted by opioid abuse

Opioids also played a role in nearly 40 percent of parental rights termination cases

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that a recent internal survey found almost half of child dependency cases and about 40 percent of parental rights termination cases handled by the Attorney General’s Office are impacted by opioid abuse.

AG Ferguson: statewide inventory of unsubmitted sexual assault kits complete

Survey of law enforcement agencies finds more than 6,400 kits not yet submitted to crime lab for testing in Washington

OLYMPIA — The Attorney General’s Office has completed its inventory of Washington state’s unsubmitted sexual assault kits, finding 6,460 kits that have not yet been submitted for lab testing by local law enforcement agencies.

AG Ferguson files lawsuit against Wenatchee-based companies for soliciting and collecting on old debts without a license

 

UPDATE: This release was updated to reflect an amended complaint, filed on Oct. 9, 2018, which no longer names The Collection Group as a defendant. The amended complaint is available here.

Companies are still garnishing wages, seizing bank account funds and threatening to foreclose on homes based on thousands of unlawful judgments

AG Ferguson and Governor Inslee continue softball rivalry in today’s game

Ferguson and team intend to maintain bragging rights

OLYMPIA — This evening, Attorney General Bob Ferguson and his softball team will go head-to-head with Governor Jay Inslee to continue the softball rivalry between the offices — and the AGO winning streak. Washington State Supreme Court Chief Justice and former AAG Mary Fairhurst will again call the balls and strikes as umpire.

AG’s Hanford worker safety lawsuit leads to big win for workers

Federal government will pay $925,000, must test and begin implementing new technology to destroy hazardous vapors or lawsuit may resume

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy will conduct testing and, if successful, begin implementing a new system to treat or capture hazardous tank vapors at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation within the next three years, under the terms of an agreement submitted to a federal court today.

AG Ferguson secures end to no-poach provisions at eight more restaurant chains nationwide

Ferguson’s initiative now has ended no-poach provisions at 23 corporate chains

 

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that eight additional corporate, fast-food chains will end no-poach practices nationwide, joining 15 others. The 23 account for more than 67,000 locations nationwide and employ millions of workers. The companies will remove all no-poach clauses, which put downward pressure on wages and restrict worker mobility, from all current and future franchise contracts.

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