All workers have the right to be paid for their work. On Wednesday, September 14, 3 workers and 2 CoFiA volunteers traveled to Trenton to try to make sure the workers were paid. The 3 workers were owed thousands of dollars from a restaurant owner in Palisades Park, so CoFiA had filed a DOL wage claim for them. Having exhausted all other avenues DOL scheduled a hearing, the men appeared, and won their total claims. The owner did not appear so the court was justified in awarding to the wage-theft plaintiffs. The CoFiA committee and workers had worked hard to arrange a settlement with the employer, including recruiting a Korean speaker to help. He wept and apologized--and then disappeared. Committee members tracked down his address and supplied it to DOL, which used it to summon the employer to Trenton. ... Read more