Released on = June 5, 2007, 8:28 am

Press Release Author = Lala C. Ballatan

Industry = Law

Press Release Summary = Immigrants comprise almost half of the work force in New
York City and even around the country. However, they are faced with unjust
conditions and very low pay since their employers usually ignore labor laws covering
immigrant workers. They have long gotten used to the workers who are more grateful
of landing a job and are compliant and silent enough on whatever condition they have
to bear and however low the pay they receive. Lately, though, a seething rebellion
from the workers of the service industry is threatening this kind of arrangements
between the workers and employers.

Press Release Body = Immigrants comprise almost half of the work force in New York
City and even around the country. However, they are faced with unjust conditions and
very low pay since their employers usually ignore labor laws covering immigrant
workers. They have long gotten used to the workers who are more grateful of landing
a job and are compliant and silent enough on whatever condition they have to bear
and however low the pay they receive. Lately, though, a seething rebellion from the
workers of the service industry is threatening this kind of arrangements between the
workers and employers.

Los Angeles, California, June 3, 2007 - Recently, workers suffering from low pay all
over the country have started filing lawsuits seeking back wages amounting to
thousands of dollars. They are demanding for the amounts their employers were
supposed to have paid them according to minimum wage implementation and the overtime
work pay.

Underpaid workers covered in a wide range of industries file the complaints that
continue to pile up. Immigrant workers, without regards of their legal status in the
country have become brave enough to go to court and demand for just payments.

There are federal lawsuits filed by workers allegedly due to violations of the Fair
Labor Standards Act have more than doubled all over the country, recently. In 2000,
violation of labor law cases number to 1,854 cases, now, during the past year, 2006
the cases already number to 4,389. The U.S. Courts Administrative Office gave this
figure.

In New York City, the complaints came from workers who, according to them, have
worked and survived mostly on tips. Meanwhile, supermarket's grocery baggers living
in low - income districts filed complaints and lawsuits in the state labor office
during the past year. They claimed that they only survive on coin wages given by
customers that would add up to only $250 weekly.

However, this noticeable increase in litigations may not actually mean that there
are violations in labor law taking place.
The U.S. Labor Department even gave a report saying that the number of complaints
they received actually declined for a second year. Even the biggest states reported
that it had a decrease in investigations regarding wage violations. California, for
example, dealt only with 38,873 cases during the past year as compared to the 50,127
cases it tackled in 2002.
There are speculations that the increase of the number lawyers specializing in wages
and overtime dispute without the intervention of the government, during the past six
or seven years could be the main reason for the rise in the complaints.
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