Judge rules Trump farmworker pay cut illegal; back pay possible

What BBN said about it

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnyway, a federal judge says the Trump administration's farmworker pay cut was illegal, and my guest says he saw it coming.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWalt Grubbins runs a preparedness group from a bunker. Walt, what did you see?

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   Walt GrubbinsThe paperwork, Vera. Arbitrary and capricious, no public comment period. I have both phrases highlighted. In the binder.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRight.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Labor Department estimated the change would move about two point four six billion dollars a year from workers to employers, and in California the minimum fell from nineteen ninety-seven to sixteen ninety.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhich binder?

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   Walt GrubbinsThe green one, behind the canned peaches. It says the only step built for complaints is the one they cut. That's the entire comment box.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the cut wasn't too harsh. It was insufficiently consulted.

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   Walt GrubbinsExactly, and the administration said it needed cheaper foreign labor.

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    Walt GrubbinsI wind this radio every hour, and not once has it asked me for comment either.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe department has until December thirtieth to replace the rule, or pay snaps back to the old rates. Does that date worry you?

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    Walt GrubbinsWorry? It's the first date I've circled. It's in the binder, the black one, under the lamination.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe black one.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWalt, they skipped the comment period, and you've been commenting from a bunker for four minutes. They'd have loved you.