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“Hot goods’” hot mess: Minimum wage crackdown sparks backlash

An attempted crackdown on minimum wage and child labor violations at berry farms in the Pacific Northwest has sparked a backlash that threatens one of the U.S. Labor Department’s most potent tools for enforcing protections for farm workers.At issue is the little-known “hot goods” provision of federal wage law. It allows the government to halt shipments of goods produced in violation of employment standards.

 

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