Ostrom Mushroom Farm discriminó a trabajadoras y a trabajadores residentes de Washington al reemplazarlos deliberadamente por trabajadores inmigrantes de sexo masculino provenientes de México

SEATTLE – El procurador general Bob Ferguson anunció hoy que una granja de hongos de Sunnyside pagará $3,4 millones para resolver una demanda por actos discriminatorios, engañosos y abusivos en contra de trabajadoras agrícolas y trabajadores residentes de Washington.

Ostrom Mushroom Farm discriminated against female workers, Washington residents by intentionally replacing them with male guest workers from Mexico

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced a Sunnyside mushroom farm will pay $3.4 million to resolve a lawsuit asserting unfair, deceptive and discriminatory actions against female farmworkers and Washington-based workers.

Businesses deceived into paying three times the cost to file standard state annual reports

Owner will pay $1 million, including $745K restitution to Puyallup Tribal Fisheries for river restoration

10-person unit will include investigators and prosecutors to combat organized retail crime

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that the Legislature fully funded his request to create a centralized Organized Retail Crime Unit to coordinate, investigate and prosecute multi-jurisdictional retail crime statewide.

Organized Retail Crime involves a group of individuals that steal products in order to resell them for a profit. This does not include petty theft, shoplifting or poverty-driven crimes.  

Legislation will ensure power, water will remain connected during National Weather Service heat warnings

The cold case unit’s creation in the Attorney General’s Office was a key recommendation of the state MMIWP Task Force

The legislation also removes multiple statutes from Washington law identified by the Chief Justice as unconstitutional

Recent poll showed supermajority support for laws that will protect Washingtonians’ most sensitive health data

OLYMPIA — Today the Legislature passed a bill Attorney General Bob Ferguson partnered on with Rep. Vandana Slatter, D-Bellevue, to close the gap on health data privacy protections, provide Washingtonians more control of their health data and protect those who come from out of state to access reproductive and gender-affirming care.

Measure sponsored by Sen. Pedersen ensures firearms industry faces consequences for irresponsible practices

OLYMPIA — A bill to ensure that gun manufacturers and dealers — like other purveyors of dangerous goods — must take reasonable steps to prevent their products from getting into the hands of dangerous individuals passed the Legislature today, and now heads to Gov. Jay Inslee for his signature.