Chinatown Restaurant Steals 35% of Workers' Banquet Tips, Refuses to Comply with Law
Restaurant workers rally together to end tip-stealing practice

Press Conference & Protest
Sunday, March 18th @ 6PM
Jing Fong Restaurant
20 Elizabeth Street; NYC , NY 10013 ; b/t Canal and Bayard

Chinatown restaurant workers will rally together this Sunday to demand Chinatown's largest restaurant comply with the labor law. Jing Fong restaurant owner Shui Ling Lam continues to take 35% of waiters' banquet tips, even after a precedent-setting federal court ruling on tip-stealing issued in February[1]. In addition, 28 Jing Fong workers will announce a multi-million dollar lawsuit to be filed against Jing Fong for stealing waiters' tips and for minimum wage law violations.

Scores of workers from restaurants throughout Chinatown will come together in front of Jing Fong to denounce the restaurant's tip-stealing policy. Jing Fong is one of two restaurants in Chinatown still stealing workers' tips.

Justice Will Be Served! (JWBS) is a campaign that unites restaurant, hotel, deli, and other service workers in different communities across New York to fight against long hours, second-class wages, stolen tips and other sweatshop conditions. JWBS! is a coalition composed of organizations: 318 Restaurant Workers Union ,Chinese Staff & Workers' Association, NMASS (National Mobilization Against Sweatshops)
Contact JWBS c/o CSWA P.O. Box 130401 , New York , NY 10013-0995
tel: 212-334-2333; fax: 212-334-1974

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[1] Heng Chan v. Sung Yue Tung Corp. a/k/a 88 Palace Restaurant is a precedent-setting federal court decision which ruled that banquet service charges added onto bills are tips that belong to the workers instead of the employers.

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