Support the Struggle of the Workers at
East Buffet Restaurant
179 Walt Whitman Rd. (Rte. 110), Huntington
Station
(across from the Walt Whitman Mall, exit 40N Northern State
Parkway; exit 49N LIE)
In 2005, East Buffet workers began organizing against being
paid less than $1.00 an hour and tip stealing. Since the union
workers’ strike in 2005, East Buffet owners Kan Pat Kong
and Susan Kong have been using Employer Sanctions to hire
undocumented workers and force them to accept inhuman working
conditions, cheating both the workers and the government by
not paying taxes. The striking workers took the Kong family
to court two years ago, but justice has not been served because
of court proceeding is taking a long time and the government
agencies either lack the will to, or fail to, enforce the
law.
East Buffet is an example of what happens a million times
each day across the U. S. Employer Sanctions has undermined
security in our communities because it gives bosses like the
Kongs a tool for expanding illegal, underground activities
and sweatshops. Scrupulous bosses now have more incentive
and power to hire the underclass of labor with no rights,
being able to evade paying billions of dollars in taxes, and
encouraging the proliferation of identity theft and false
documentation. For instance, the Kongs intentionally hired
undocumented workers, and provided them with false documents
or asked them to go buy some. The Kongs evade the labor law
by threatening workers that if they speak out against illegal
working conditions they will be fired and replaced by other
undocumented workers who will submit to their threats. These
kind of practices allow the Kongs to bring down the wages
and working conditions, hurting both citizen and undocumented
workers.
Help us to demand that the East Buffet reinstate the workers
who stood up for their rights and pay the workers their back
wages and stolen tips. We also ask you to call your elected
official to make the government agency enforce the labor law
and tax law. Please take a stand in support of the East Buffet
workers, and support our call for repeal of Employer Sanctions,
the law that has enslaved millions of undocumented workers,
caused millions of citizens lose their job and pay, and cheated
American public out of billions of taxes. Fight with us to
ensure Justice Will Be Served!
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