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  • "Zirkle Settlement Clears First Hurdle"

    01/31/2006 3:19:40 AM PST · by MillerCreek · 13 replies · 357+ views
    Yakima Herald-Republic ^ | January 31, 2006 | Leah Beth Ward
    A $1.3 million settlement reached by lawyers in a case against executives of Zirkle Fruit received preliminary approval Friday from U.S. District Court Judge Fred Van Sickle. Lawyers now begin the task of locating and notifying Zirkle employees eligible for an undetermined share of the settlement funds. "It's always impossible to predict what level of participation you will get," Seattle attorney Andrew Volk said in the teleconference court hearing with the judge. Attorneys for U.S. workers sued Zirkle, alleging the company conspired to hire illegal workers in order to pay them less, resulting in the depression of wages for legal...