Houston Janitors and Security Guards File Lawsuit in U.S. District Court for Unpaid Wages

Style Magazine Newswire | 4/27/2018, 7:56 a.m.
Can you imagine working for months as a janitor or a security guard and never getting paid for all your …
Houston security officers, janitors to file federal lawsuit demanding unpaid wages owed by city contractors

Source: CW39.com

Can you imagine working for months as a janitor or a security guard and never getting paid for all your hard work? Well, apparently that's exactly what's happened to some Houston workers employed by city contractors covering municipal facilities like the airport, courthouses, and even City Hall! "Conversations with workers led to the discovery of what appeared to be numerous wage theft violations in City of Houston's municipal buildings," Elsa Caballero, president of SEIU Texas, announced on the steps of City Hall. Now, workers are fed up and have filed a Federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court against several contractors for failure to pay their wages and cover overtime, too! Workers say they provided letters from the city to their employers urging them to pay up their back wages, but they've just been ignored.

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