Farms fear paying overtime retroactively

Implications of last fall’s 5-4 state Supreme Court decision are playing out; lawsuits filed, but not here yet By Calvin Bratt editor@lyndentribune.com   WHATCOM ­— Farmers local as well as statewide face a survival threat from class-action lawsuits trying to gain three years’ worth of overtime back pay for farm workers, an advocacy group says.   Save…