Overview
Towards Justice attacks impediments to competitive labor markets that should allow workers, including the most marginalized and underpaid, to shop between employers for a better deal. We represent shepherds in a class-action lawsuit alleging that ranchers across the Western United States colluded to depress shepherd wages, illegally deducted expenses from their meager paychecks, and misled state and federal governments in a pattern of racketeering activity. Our clients allege that ranches hired their shepherds through an association constituted by competing ranches. In doing so, they sharply limited competition for shepherds and effectively fixed wages at the minimum allowable by law.
Case Documents
Press Coverage
- 9/2/2015 Lawsuit: Western sheep operators colluded against workers
- 9/2/2015 Peruvian shepherds claim wage fixing in U.S. sheep industry: lawsuit
- 9/1/2015 Workers Say Sheep Ranchers, Ranching Groups Fixing Wages
- Spanish Press: 11/16/2015 Cautiverio En Las Rocallosas, Parte 1
- Spanish Press: https://laopinion.com/2015/11/09/pastores-de-ovejas-en-la-miseria-tras-venir-como-trabajadores-huespedes/