A federal judge in Kentucky granted a preliminary injunction halting a Biden administration regulation requiring farmers to allow temporary foreign-migrant workers to engage in collective bargaining.
The ruling by Kentucky’s U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves also applies to Alabama, Ohio and West Virginia.
The regulations are part of the H-2A visa program, which allows foreign workers to come to the U.S. to do farm work. The Biden administration expanded protections for farmworkers entering the country by allowing them to unionize and participate in collective bargaining.
Reeves ruled that changing the rules under the National Labor Relations Act would require an act of Congress.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall called the ruling a victory.
“The Biden-Harris Administration’s failed attempts to force collective bargaining on Alabama farmers is yet another example of why Americans voted them out,” said Marshall. “Even on their way out the door, this Administration continues to wreak havoc on American industry. We will keep fighting them until the moving vans arrive at the White House.”
Marshall became involved in the Kentucky lawsuit by filing a motion to intervene with other attorneys general.
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