NYC workers rip off benefit program using homeless vic: Manhttan DA
A large-scale investigation into a ghost gun factory in the East Village involving 10 government agents, including a disgraced former NYPD officer, conspired to steal more than $1 million by exploiting New York City’s needy residents. prosecutors claimed Thursday that a plan had been uncovered. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office indicted 18 people on a […]
Disney allegedly underpaid maintenance workers at California hotel
Disney is being sued for underpaying maintenance workers at the Disneyland Hotel, located just outside the California-based theme park. lawsuitA lawsuit filed Thursday in Orange County Superior Court alleges hotel employees were not paid the correct overtime rate and were forced to pay for “hand tools” and equipment themselves while on the job. ing. “Under […]
Florida Senate passes bill banning local heat protections for workers
The Florida Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would prohibit local agencies from providing heat protection to workers. Republican-controlled Senate The vote was 28-11. The bill would prohibit cities and counties from imposing mandatory water shutoffs or other extreme heat mitigation measures beyond those required by state or federal law. The bill, Senate Bill 1492, […]
SpaceX launches ‘crusade’ to debunk NLRB’s claims it fired workers criticial of Musk
SpaceX Inc. is on fire after a federal agency accused the space exploration company of illegally firing an employee who sent a letter to company executives criticizing CEO Elon Musk and his alleged sexist comments. They started a “campaign” to defend themselves against the National Labor Relations Board. U.S. Labor Relations Board Judge Sharon Steckler […]
Tipping culture is out of control, customers say — and service industry workers agree: survey
Tipping culture has reached a tipping point. new research 76.1% of American consumers and service industry workers think tips are “going too far,” but more than half (51%) of service workers agree they want to be paid a living wage. And it’s not just customers who are afraid of tipping. And they don’t accept tips […]
Starbucks franchisee fires 2,000 workers amid Israel-Hamas war boycotts
Starbucks’ Middle East franchisees announced on Tuesday that around 2,000 employees at coffee shops in the region would be laid off after it emerged that Starbucks had been targeted by activists during the ongoing Israeli-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. announced that it had begun layoffs. Kuwait-based Alshaya Group, a private family company that holds […]
Teen bites, slashes NYC hospital workers in unhinged rampage
An unhinged boy violently attacked six health care workers during a riot at a Staten Island hospital last weekend, authorities said, after being released in a Brooklyn court on charges of snatching a woman’s purse. It was announced just three days later. Police said 19-year-old Devonte Royce was arrested at Richmond University Medical Center around […]
Judge Approves Class-Action Lawsuit for 6,000 Black Tesla Workers Claiming Racism
A California judge has ruled that about 6,000 black workers at Tesla Inc.’s Fremont factory can file a class action lawsuit alleging racism and discrimination. ars technica report Alameda County Superior Court Judge Noel Wise on Tuesday dismissed the lawsuit, which was first filed in 2017, as a class action lawsuit on behalf of approximately […]
NYC mall workers may have been used as illegal straw donors to Adams’ campaign: sources
Winnie Greco, a top aide to Mayor Eric Adams, is under federal investigation for allegedly using a Queens shopping mall employee to hide campaign donations to Hizzoner, law enforcement officials say. told the Friday Post. The FBI on Thursday began raiding two homes owned by Greco on Gillespie Street in Pelham Bay, the Bronx, and […]
Michigan trucking workers ‘had to use segregated bathrooms’: suit
Nine former employees of a Michigan trucking company have faced racist taunts and harassment, including discovering the words “KKK” and slurs like the N-word scrawled on their doors. He claims he was forced to use a designated toilet. They are “beaners” and “porch monkeys,” according to the federal lawsuit. Workers at Lake Orion, Michigan-based Environmental […]