SEATTLE (AP) — A berry grower in eastern Washington will pay $350,000 to Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s office due to an ex-manager’s assaults and alleged sexual harassment of female employees.
The money will go to the several women harmed while working on a blueberry farm near the Tri-Cities operated by Great Columbia Berry Farms.
Ferguson’s office charged that the company violated the Washington Law Against Discrimination and the federal Civil Rights Act by letting the conduct continue. Great Columbia Berry Farms denied the state’s allegations in the consent decree.