NO WAGES AND PAYING TO WORK?!
NJ RESTAURANT WORKERS DEMAND
ENFORCEMENT OF LABOR LAW
PRESS CONFERENCE & DEMONSTRATION
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 22nd AT 12 NOON
Majestic Restaurant & Buffet
(29 Route 23 South; Wayne, NJ 07470 (b/t Willowbrook Blvd.
& Bloomsfield Ave., near Willowbrook Mall)
All over NJ, restaurant workers are saying enough is enough.
Particularly in buffet restaurants, workers are standing up against
sweatshop conditions. The National Labor Relations Board recently
issued an order to Majestic Buffet restaurant in Wayne, New Jersey
to rehire workers who spoke out. Majestic Buffet owners David
Ho and company did not pay their workers a single cent in wages,
and forced them to pay to work. Majestic Buffet routinely stole
money from their workers through kickbacks and arbitrary fines.
When six Majestic Buffet workers walked out in protest against
these intolerable conditions, Majestic Buffet changed their company
name twice to avoid accountability to the workers. Owner David
Ho continues to cheat his workers, the government, and the public.
Majestic Buffet has still failed to follow the NLRB ruling.
The Justice Will Be Served! NJ Restaurant Workers’ Campaign
has already won cases in NJ against King Chef Restaurant in Wayne,
NJ and Rainbow Buffet in Fairview, NJ. These victories have encouraged
others to speak out against sweatshop conditions, but many restaurants,
like Majestic Buffet still continue illegal labor practices. These
bosses not only cheat their workers, but undermine law-abiding
restaurant owners.
We need you to ensure these illegal practices end in our communities.
Join the JWBS! NJ Restaurant Workers Campaign on September 22.
We call for systemic changes in the industry by boycotting Majestic
Buffet Restaurant and demand that the owners: 1) Reinstate the
workers and 2) Pay back stolen wages. We also demand stronger
enforcement of the labor law in NJ.
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 composed
of a coalition of organizations: 318 Restaurant Workers Union,
Chinese Staff & Workers' Association, National Mobilization
Against Sweatshops.
Endorsed by: (list on formation) Passaic County CLC,
New Jersey State Industrial Union Council (IUC), Manhattan Borough
President Scott Stringer, NYS Senator Eric Schneiderman, NYS Assemblymember
Linda Rosenthal, NYC Central Labor Council AFL-CIO, NYC Councilmember
Gale Brewer, New York Unemployment Project, Community Free Democrats,
Park River Democrats, Industrial Workers of the World
