GEO Loses Another Round in Effort to Defend Slaving Wages, Ninth Circuit Motions Here

Workers Paid $1/Day at Tacoma Facility, from article pointing out Gates Foundation GEO investments

The Ninth Circuit Appellate Court yesterday denied GEO's petition to appeal Judge Bryan's class certification of the lawsuit charging GEO with violating Washington's minimum wage laws as well as laws against forced labor and unjust enrichment.  Here are some of the key appellate pleadings in the case going forward with discovery against the GEO facility in Tacoma, Washington:

1) GEO's Petition to the Ninth Circuit (August 2018)

2)  Plaintiff's Answer (September 2018)

3)  Plaintiff Attorney Declaration (September 2018)

4)) Defense Reply (September 2018)

The attorneys for the Plaintiffs are brilliant and are slaying Goliath.   

Here's a short April 2018 op-ed in the New York Times with a quick overview.

For more information on the cases, media coverage, and the law review article explaining the basis for these lawsuits, please go to the Deportation Research Clinic sources page and also the Deportation Research Clinic home page.