After more than three years of litigation and four failed mediations, this settlement agreement between farmworkers in a class-action lawsuit and their employer, RC Packing, was reached. The $3.6 million agreement was made just two weeks before the case was set to go to trial. Attorneys for both sides declined to talk about the case, which is still pending; Monterey County Superior Court Judge Tom Wills is scheduled to review the agreement on July 25.
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