Dozens of foreign workers at Crystal View Raspberry Farms in Whatcom County have walked off the job, alleging that they have not received paychecks on time and faced unreasonable production quotas amid smoke from wildfires.
The work stoppage began Sunday, and initially involved some 65 pickers brought to Washington state under temporary H2-A visas issued for agricultural laborers, according to Rosalinda Guillen, executive director of Community to Community Development, a Bellingham-based organization that is supporting the farmworkers.
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