Minimum wage wars
A lawsuit accusing Daniel Boulud of bias agains nonwhite workers was settled with Boulud agreeing an undisclosed financial settlement, along with a promise to raise busboy wages 8%. This settlement ends 2 years of demonstrations outside his midtown restaurant Daniel. As Boulud's story comes to an end, the continued demonstrations outside two Saigon Grill continues. A walk by the University Place location Tuesday afternoon revealed workers who allege they were locked out of the restaurant after demanding a raise from their $1.60 pay as delivery people still standing in unity outside the restaurant. A buck sixty an hour seems more like slave wages than salary and it is hard to believe anyone would find that reasonable pay for any type of labor. The united workers, all Chinese, have organized protests outside Saigon Grill's two locations Monday-Saturday and have set up www.boycottsaigongrill.blogspot.com to post information about their cause.