Workers at five more city Chipotle Mexican Grill outlets accused the fast food chain Tuesday of violating city law by messing with their schedules. “Keep your tacos, keep your bowls, pay your workers what they’re owed!” chanted the crowd of about 3 ...
New York, NY – Trying to organize around fundamental workplace protections in the fast food industry is no easy task — not when simply taking to co-workers about unionizing could get you fired or your hours cut. City College senior Jahaira Garcia, 21, ...
New York, NY – The Fight for $15 campaign launched in 2012, succeeded in lifting the minimum wage, but without a union, fast food workers at McDonald’s Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell and the rest of the big chain eateries, are still vulner ...
The New York City Council is considering "just cause" legislation to enshrine fairness and dignity for fast food workers. It could become a model for other cities and industries. Francis Gomez vividly remembers the day she was fired from her cashier job ...
A first-of-its-kind proposal to ban New York City fast-food restaurants from firing workers without “just cause” may revive a point of tension among allies that typically rally behind pro-worker legislation. The bill, introduced by Democratic ...
For nearly four years, I have been a full-time student by day and a fast food worker by night, working as a crew trainer or often at the drive-thru window at the McDonald’s at 840 Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn. That is, until my manager fired ...
New York bill that could apply in other states would give workers stronger protections if they’ve been fired unjustly. It’s easy to get fired in fast food. According to a recent report, one fast-food worker said she was fired because her nails were too ...
Yesterday New York City Council Members Brad Lander and Adrienne Adams introduced two bills that together would require fast-food corporations to demonstrate “just cause” for discharging employees. The legislation has a broad definition of discharge, enc ...
For fast-food workers, who already earn low wages and often work multiple jobs to make ends meet, abrupt firings represent an existential threat. In interviews with the New York Times, workers said they’ve been fired for a number of banal o ...
A Francis Gómez, de 26 años, la echaron de Taco Bell el pasado 12 de diciembre después de un altercado con un encargado de repartos de GrubHub. Gómez, que se hace cargo de su mamá, no es extraña en el departamento de recursos humanos de la empresa porque ...
