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Golden Brand Factory Gives $3.5 Million in Severance to its 540 Workers
June 30, 2008
After many pressure tactics against Golden Brand, Moores stores and Men's Wearhouse, the Quebec Council of UNITE HERE union (Quebec Federation of Labour) and its members achieved a huge victory last Friday. The parties chose not to wait for an arbitrator's pending decision and concluded an agreement which amounted to $3.5 million in severance pay to the workers. "We are completely satisfied with this settlement. This is a historic settlement, especially for workers in the clothing industry," said Lina Aristeo, director of the Quebec Council and vice-president of the QFL.
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Appellate court orders Cintas to pay hundreds of northern California workers more than $1.18 million in unpaid wages and interest
June 12, 2008
The California Court of Appeal ordered the Cintas Corporation to pay more than $1.18 million in back wages and interest to hundreds of Northern California workers for violating the city of Hayward's Living Wage Ordinance. This historic judgment, affirming a September 2005 Alameda Superior Court ruling, is believed to be the largest living wage award in U.S. history.
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UNITE HERE In The News
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- DNC Blasts McCaine on Trade, Colombia
July 2, 2008. MSNBC
DNC Vice Chair Linda Chavez-Thompson and Chief Economist for Unite Here Mark Levinson railed against McCain’s support for President Bush’s “failed” trade policies in response to the senator’s trip to Colombia.
- Garment workers win historic compensation package
June 30, 2008. Montreal Gazette
The 540 workers at Golden Brand Clothing (Canada) Ltd.
- Is Irvine Industrial Launderer Prudential Overall Supply Cheating Workers Out of a Living Wage?
June 27, 2008. Orange County Weekly
Three California cities say yes
The toxic chlorine-gas mist rose from the floor drains around 7 a.
- Food services workers step up protest
June 22, 2008. Boston Globe
Scores of food services workers marched in front of Boston's two main convention centers yesterday, launching a three-day strike to protest what they consider unfair labor practices.
- Workers at former Bianco plant rally
June 18, 2008. Standard Times
NEW BEDFORD — Outside the same South End factory where immigration agents loaded hundreds of handcuffed, undocumented workers onto buses in March 2007, union organizers, community activists and workers rallied Tuesday for new plant owners to allow them to unionize.
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