TUMWATER — State officials have fined an agriculture company in Othello $105,000 for allegedly violating required conditions in hiring farm workers.
The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries said Monday that Agri Aide’s fine is the largest by the department against a farm labor contractor.
The department says Agri Aide owners Marivel and Jose Luis Brunetti operated the company without a farm labor contracting license in at least 2012, 2013, and 2015 and says they forged a contractor license in 2012.
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