Lawsuit Alleges Statewide Scheme of Misclassification and Wage Abuses LOS ANGELES— Janitors, leaders from the Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund (MCTF), and supporters held a press conference to announce the filing of a class action lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court. The claims in the lawsuit allege that supermarket chain WinCo Foods and their janitorial contractor …
Payout Marks the Close of a Long Fight to Recover Hundreds of Thousands to 90 Workers LOS ANGELES – More than 90 individuals recovered $438,204 in wages stolen from them while they were working for a janitorial subcontractor cleaning several healthcare facilities that are now owned by Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated. Janitors …
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LOS ANGELES – Members from janitorial watchdog group Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund (MCTF) along with the Mayor of Long Beach, labor advocates and community members are calling on healthcare giant Optum to take responsibility for wage theft at several of its LA-area medical facilities rather than further delay workers’ efforts to be paid what they …
The Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund Names Chloe Osmer As The Newest Executive Director To Empower and Protect Workers In the Janitorial Industry LOS ANGELES, CA – Today the Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund (MCTF) welcomed Deputy Director of Field Operations Chloe Osmer into her new role as Executive Director and announced that Yardenna Aaron will return …
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Investigation By Janitorial Watchdog Group Leads CA Labor Commissioner’s Office To Cite University and Janitorial Contractors For Violations LOS ANGELES, CA – The California Labor Commissioner’s Office (LCO) has cited Pepperdine University and four janitorial contractors $80,000 for failing to comply with state requirements for janitorial employers, thanks to a referral from janitorial watchdog group, …
Cheesecake Factory to Pay in California’s First Janitorial Client Employer Settlement 500 Additional People May be Eligible for Settlement SAN DIEGO – Five hundred and eighty-nine janitors who worked cleaning eight Cheesecake Factory restaurants in San Diego and Orange counties will start recovering $1 million in wages stolen from them while they were working as …
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589 Workers will Recoup $1 Million in Stolen Wages SAN DIEGO – Janitors, leaders for the MCTF (Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund), California Labor Commissioner Lilia García-Brower and supporters will hold a press conference at 10 a.m., Tuesday, January 23 to announce a groundbreaking $1 million settlement covering 589 people who worked as janitors cleaning eight …
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CALIFORNIA ー Janitorial advocates from the Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund (MCTF) in partnership with researchers at the UCLA Labor Center in December 2022 unveiled a new report, Profile of Janitorial Workers in California, which provides a glimpse into the economic vulnerabilities of California’s private sector janitors, particularly women, who face rampant misclassification, greater economic distress, …
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – In September 2022, janitorial industry watchdog group and advocates from the Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund (MCTF), along with California Labor Commissioner Lilia Garcia-Brower, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, and California SEIU State Council President David Huerta, announced a long-awaited resolution of criminal charges filed against Pacific Commercial …
Investigation by the Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund leads to a $20,000 citation of non-compliant businesses and property owners for registry violations SAN DIEGO — An investigation of janitorial companies by the Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund (MCTF) and investigation by the California Labor Commissioner’s office has revealed five San Diego and Southern California janitorial and property management companies …
