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Washington state judge blocks some virus rules on farms

Washington ag groups win lawsuit against restrictive state COVID rules – Produce Blue Book

LACEY, WA — April 21, 2021 — Yakima County Superior Court Judge Blaine Gibson ruled in favor of agriculture groups, prohibiting the State of Washington from enforcing unreasonable emergency COVID-19 regulations farm leaders say don’t incorporate best science, the arrival of vaccines, and are pushing farmers out of business. On February 3, 2021, the Washington Farm Bureau and wafla, a non-profit association specializing in agricultural labor issues, filed suit against the state over infeasible and misguided emergency Covid regulations that have been automatically rolled over every 120 days for the past year. The state has been unwilling to make adjustments to the regulations even after farm workers have been vaccinated to help put farmers on a path to economic recovery. The fourth renewal of these rules is scheduled to be filed on May 9.

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Washington Farmers Suing Over Virus Rules for Migrant Workers

Washington Farmers Suing Over Virus Rules for Migrant Workers February 4, 2021 Two farm groups are suing the state of Washington for failing to revise emergency regulations that seek to protect migrant farmworkers from the COVID-19 virus. The groups filed the lawsuit this week in Yakima County Superior Court. It seeks to invalidate the recently renewed rules as arbitrary, capricious and not feasible. “We’re disappointed we had to take this step, but our farms are on the line and we had no other choice,” said John Stuhlmiller, chief executive officer of the Washington Farm Bureau. The state Department of Health renewed the emergency rules, first adopted last spring, for the third time on Jan. 8. In addition, Gov. Jay Inslee last month rejected the two groups’ request to repeal and revise the rules.

Farmers sue Washington over COVID-19 rules for migrant workers

SPOKANE — Two farm groups are suing the state of Washington for failing to revise emergency regulations that seek to protect migrant farmworkers from the COVID-19 virus.

Washington farmers sue state over COVID-19 rules for migrant workers

Image Credit: Charlie Riedel SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Two farm groups are suing the state of Washington for failing to revise emergency regulations that seek to protect migrant farm workers from the COVID-19 virus. The groups filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Yakima County Superior Court. It seeks to invalidate the recently renewed rules as arbitrary, capricious and not feasible. “We’re disappointed we had to take this step, but our farms are on the line and we had no other choice,” said John Stuhlmiller, chief executive officer of the Washington Farm Bureau. The state Department of Health renewed the emergency rules, first adopted last spring, for the third time on Jan. 8. In addition, Gov. Jay Inslee last month rejected the two groups’ request to repeal and revise the rules.

Farmers sue state of Washington over COVID-19 rules for migrant workers

Farmers sue state over COVID-19 rules for migrant workers

Farmers sue state over COVID-19 rules for migrant workers By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOSFebruary 2, 2021 GMT SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Two farm groups are suing the state of Washington for failing to revise emergency regulations that seek to protect migrant farmworkers from the COVID-19 virus. The groups filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Yakima County Superior Court. It seeks to invalidate the recently renewed rules as arbitrary, capricious and not feasible. “We’re disappointed we had to take this step, but our farms are on the line and we had no other choice,” said John Stuhlmiller, chief executive officer of the Washington Farm Bureau.

Eastern Washington farmers sue state over COVID-19 rules they say fails to protect migrant workers

Eastern Washington farmers sue state over COVID-19 rules they say fails to protect migrant workers Published  article YAKIMA, Wash. - Two farm groups are suing the state of Washington for failing to revise emergency regulations that seek to protect migrant farmworkers from the COVID-19 virus. The groups filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Yakima County Superior Court . It seeks to invalidate the recently renewed rules as arbitrary, capricious and not feasible. "We’re disappointed we had to take this step, but our farms are on the line and we had no other choice," said John Stuhlmiller, chief executive officer of the Washington Farm Bureau.