Supreme Court decision could mean increase in labor trafficking of farmworkers Experts say the Supreme Court decision to restrict union organizers from farms could have an unintended consequence: an increase in labor trafficking of farmworkers. Author: Kate Cimini, The California Divide Published: 2:53 PM PDT July 12, 2021 Updated: 2:53 PM PDT July 12, 2021 CALIFORNIA, USA — This story was originally published by CalMatters. In June of 2018, two Monterey County site inspectors visited a Salinas cannabis farm, where they encountered a small group of farmworkers who they suspected had been trafficked. The farmworkers, who spoke no English, took off running when Monterey County Resource Management Agency officials approached them. They couldn’t go far, though — the cultivation site was fenced in. The farmworkers seemed terrified, the county’s prosecuting attorney later said.