MENDOCINO CO., 8/30/26 — Mendocino County growers have federal approval to fill 130 wine-grape jobs this season with farmworkers brought in from abroad on temporary visas. All but two of those jobs pay $16.90 an hour. Last season, the federal floor for that work was $19.97.
On Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that the government broke the law when it moved that floor. He left the lower rate standing.
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