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Former NY Restaurant Owner Retaliated Against Workers For Filing Wage Lawsuit, Feds Say Former NY Restaurant Owner Retaliated Against Workers For Filing Wage Lawsuit, Feds Say
Former NY Restaurant Owner Retaliated Against Workers For Filing Wage Lawsuit, Feds Say The US Department of Labor is suing a former New York restaurant owner for allegedly retaliating against employees who filed a class action lawsuit over wage theft. David Ip, the former owner and operator of Ichiban restaurant in Albany, tried to intimidate three workers and prevent them from participating in the lawsuit, the department alleges in a suit filed Thursday, Aug. 25 in federal court in Albany. The lawsuit claims that Ip shared personal and other sensitive information about the three workers with a Rensselaer County sheriff’s deputy who worked for his security business when off d…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Trump National In Westchester Fires Illegal Undocumented Workers During Border Wall Shutdown Trump National In Westchester Fires Illegal Undocumented Workers During Border Wall Shutdown
Trump National In Westchester Fires Illegal Undocumented Workers During Border Wall Shutdown About a dozen Latin American employees at the Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff Manor lost their jobs after each worked there for more than a decade as managers knew they had phony documents but looked the other way, according to an investigative report by The Washington Post. The workers, some of whom won employee-of-the-month awards, were called in one-on-one and told the news on Friday, Jan. 18, amid the record 35-day government shutdown over President Trump's demand for a border wall, the report said.  Some of those fired, who make up about half the club's winte…

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by Joe Lombardi