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From CPA:

Dear Allies,

Tomorrow, Thurs. Nov. 15! Please join us in supporting the Parc Hong Kong workers in their first public protest. We will start promptly at 11 am and end by 11:45 am, so please try to arrive by 10:30 or 10:45.

thank you for your support!

Shaw San Liu Worker Organizing Center Chinese Progressive Association

“Parc Hong Kong” Immigrant Restaurant Workers Protest Wage Theft,

Seek up to 3 Months Backwages

Rally and Press Conference

11:00 am, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007

San Francisco City Hall Steps

On Thurs., Nov. 15, “Parc Hong Kong” restaurant workers are standing up to protest wage theft and demand justice.

Join Chinese immigrant restaurant workers, community supporters and members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors at a rally on Thurs. Nov. 15, from 11 am to 12 pm.

They will protest wage theft of up to 3 months backwages owed, demand that the employer pay all back wages and penalties, and call upon the city government to enforce labor laws in San Francisco.

The Parc Hong Kong Story

Over 40 Chinese immigrant workers are owed up to 3 months of wages (estimated total over $100,00) from the Parc Hong Kong restaurant, a dim sum and seafood restaurant in the Richmond district. Many are new immigrants who did not get a penny for their work.

Time and time again, the employer has offered workers bounced checks instead of paying their wages. In August they shut their doors and have resisted efforts by federal, state and city labor departments to reclaim workers wages.

At the press event, Parc Hong Kong workers will deliver wage claims forms totaling over $100,000 to OLSE and give testimony to the injustice they have experienced. Join us to tell Parc Hong Kong and other irresponsible restaurant owners that the elected leadership and community will not tolerate further wage theft in San Francisco!

For more information, please contact Shaw San Liu at (415) 391-6986 ext. 313 or reply to shawsan at_ cpasf _dot org.