Canyon Spa Employees To Share in Tips of $14.75 Million Settlement

See
Spa employees to share millions in gratuities, NYT, 10/23/08
-waiters, massage therapist, yoga instructors owed back tips and 18% gratuities withheld

Saigon Grill Ordered to Pay Deliverymen $4.6 Million in Back Pay

See Pork Fried Abuse, NYT editorial, 10/25/08, at A23

-discusses Saigon Grill wage and hour abuses
-cash tips main source of income
-Ollie's Noodle Shop, others also being investigated

California FedEx Drivers win $14.4 Million Independent Contractor Misclassification Case

See Fedex drivers win $14.4 million in labor case, AP, 10/20/08

200000+ Mexican Laborer Braceros in US to Collect Back Pay from Mexican Government in Class Action Settlement

See Settlement will allow thousands of Mexican laborers in US to collect back pay, NYT, 10/16/08, at A19

Muslim Somali Workers Unsettle Latino Meatpackers in Nebraska

See An influx of Muslim Somalis unsettles Latino meatpackers, NYT, 10/16/08, at A1

-Somalis demand time off for evening prayers, much more arrogant, recruited because of immigration raids on Latinos

Associated Supermarket Executives Arrested in Brooklyn for Cheating Workers and Falsifying Records

See Supermarket cheated workers, state says, NYT, 10/9/08, at A32

-only paid tips to baggers
-$300 weekly for 70 hour weeks
-falsified records
-civil lawsuit for 600k in back wages for more than 30 workers