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New Chinese Restaurant Workers Report Documents Sweatshop Conditions
A recent report highlighted the stark conditions that Chinese restaurant workers face even in the progressive environment of San Francisco.
The report, called "Check, Please! Health and Working Conditions in San Francisco Chinatown Restaurants," had several main points
New York Survey of Low-Wage Korean Immigrant Workers: No Overtime, No Union, No Workers Comp
(The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) and YKASEC–Empowering the Korean American Community recently issued a report this month about Korean American Immigrant Workers. This is an edited version of the executive summary of the report available here.)
Oakland Airport Security Workers Make Unionization Progress
The largely Filipino American security workers at the Oakland airport have made progress in winning union rights. In Terminal 1 of the airport's two terminals being organized, workers recently won union recognition in a card check (card check is a process where an employer recognizes a union based upon a majority at a workers at a workplace sign authorization cards).
Monster Cable Workers Vow to Continue Year-long Boycott
Monster Cable Workers, on the 1 year anniversary of the Monster Cable Boycott, condemned the company's recent hard-line moves toward their workers at San Francisco City Hall. Noel Lee, CEO of Monster Cable for reneged on his initial four-week severance agreement and retaliated for worker organizing. Despite conciliatory offers by the workers, including a halt to public protests, in an attempt to settle the campaign.
New On Sang Poultry Co." Workers Claim Back-Wages - SF
updated 12/11/08 (italicized text)
The owner, Suzanne Hoo Lee, finally met with the workers and offered to pay $1,500, 1% of what's due, the following week. While she acknowledged the backwages owed, she refused to make any written commitment. The workers presented ther demands, to be paid an estimated $121,000 in wages and overtime and a monitoring and worker-education program.
H1B Tech Service Workers Sue Employer
by Tracker
LA Asian Community-Labor Groups Join Campaign against the Carwash Industry
by Tracker
Assi Supermarket Workers Finally Compensated after Six Years
by Tracker
3/24/08
After years of struggle, including a multi-year boycott, community protests, daily picket lines and a series of settlement talks, Assi supermarket workers in Los Angeles’ Koreatown received their checks from a settlement with their employer. The checks began to arrive early this year. The payments affect over a hundred Latino and Korean workers, who will receive checks averaging five to six thousand dollars
