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Algunos trabajadores de restaurantes trabajan en esclavitud del día moderno
Diana todavía ni estaba en la escuela media cuando fue forzada a trabajar días largos en un restaurante.
Some restaurant workers toil in modern-day slavery
Diana wasn’t even in middle school yet when she was forced to work long days in a restaurant.
Restaurant workers quietly suffer sexual harassment and assault
Sexual assault and harassment are often hidden and underreported in large part because the victims tend to be immigrant women who are afraid to speak out for fear of losing their jobs.
Injured on the job, workers are discouraged from getting help
Fear of deportation or being fired keeps restaurant workers silent when injuries in the kitchen force them to stop working.
You’re fired! When retaliation and abuse are part of the job
Stolen paychecks. No workers comp. No overtime, or breaks for meals. These are some of the conditions LA’s low-wage kitchen staff have faced on the job. Yet fear of retaliation keeps many silent.
The top 20 restaurants that owe the most
KCRW reviewed over 2300 wage claims filed by LA area restaurant workers between January 2013 through May 2016 in the Los Angeles and Long Beach offices of the Labor Commissioner.…
Wage theft: Millions stolen, little recovered within the restaurant industry
Unscrupulous employers can operate outside the law for years with few consequences, while others turn to legal loopholes and corporate shell games to avoid paying workers what they’re owed.
About Burned: Abuse in LA’s Restaurant Industry
Walk into any restaurant in Los Angeles and you’ll likely read menus boasting of free-range meat, free-trade coffee and cruelty free poultry, allowing patrons to eat with a conscience. Some restaurants proudly show off their A grades from the health department as evidence of a clean kitchen. But nowhere do these establishments show their record of fairness to employees.
