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Improving working conditions in the warehouse industry in Southern California

Wage Theft

California Cartage To Pay over $3.5 million in Back Wages for Federal Violations

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California Cartage/NFI, the largest warehousing and drayage company at the Ports of LA and Long Beach, will pay $3.5 million to over 1500 workers for wage theft at their customs inspection facility in Carson, CA.

“No contractor receiving federal funds to provide services to the government should gain an economic advantage by paying workers below the wages and fringe benefits required by applicable law,” Kimchi Bui, the department’s district director for the wage and hour division, said in a statement shared in the Los Angeles Times.

Cal Cartage/NFI has a long history of wage theft, health and safety and other violations. The workers are standing up at their facility at the Port of Los Angeles and demanding full-time, good-paying permanent jobs.

 

Cal Cartage NFI and Workers Settle Living Wage Lawsuit for $1.875 Million

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In 2014 the workers at California Cartage NFI in Los Angeles launched their campaign for justice in the Amazon supply chain with a class action lawsuit filed against the company for not paying the living wage on City property. Last week, the workers entered into a tentative settlement with the warehouse and staffing agency employers for $1.875 million. A separate suit filed over wage issues is also settling for $800,000. This is just the latest victory for these courageous workers!

Waitex Warehouse Workers Win $80,000 In Back Wages

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Over two years ago, ten brave workers from Waitex (West Coast Warehouse Inc), a major warehouse in Fontana, stood up and filed a claim against their employer, alleging unpaid hours, overtime, breaks and other major wage violations.  Among other things, workers were forced to make deliveries in their personal cars to UPS facilities after work, unpaid, and to work up to 14 hour shifts without overtime or all the breaks required.

The WWRC and our partners at the UC Irvine School of Law students and faculty teamed up to support these workers’ claims throughout the process.  UCI represented these workers at their DLSE hearing earlier this year.

On Monday, May 15, the San Bernardino office of the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) awarded these ten workers a total of $80,602.97.  This is a great victory for workers who are fighting just for the money they are owed from up to five years ago.  Congratulations to the Waitex workers for their victory!

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