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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, …

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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 …

MCTF Celebrates Pacific Commercial Company Plea Agreement, Return of Hundreds of Thousands In Stolen Wages to LA Janitors Read More »

En el primer estudio cuantitativo sobre el impacto del COVID-19 de los conserjes que trabajan en la economía subterránea de California, los investigadores encontraron grandes preocupaciones de seguridad por la pandemia.  LOS ANGELES – El Fideicomiso de Cooperación en Mantenimiento, una organización de vigilancia de la limpieza, publicó el primer informe cuantitativo que examina el …

NUEVO REPORTE: Conserjes Forzados a Trabajar en Condiciones Peligrosas Durante la Pandemia COVID-19 Read More »

In the first quantitative study of the impact of COVID-19 on janitors working in California’s underground economy, researchers found widespread safety concerns compounded by the pandemic. LOS ANGELES — The Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund, a janitorial watchdog organization, released the first quantitative report examining the impact of COVID-19 on janitors in California, finding that the …

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Cal/OSHA Cited Contractor for Serious Violations Following Inspections, Second State Agency to Cite the Contractor this Year LOS ANGELES — The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA), has issued multiple citations for serious violations of health and safety regulations against a Bay Area janitorial contractor, AG Maintenance. In February, after an investigation conducted …

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Citation Marks the First Time the Labor Commissioner Has Cited a Building Owner under a 2018 Statute LOS ANGELES — The state of California has cited two Northern California janitorial services companies after an investigation showed the company serving as the subcontractor had not registered with the state. Tres Inc., which performed janitorial work at …

State of California Fines Janitorial Contractor and SubContractors After Investigation Shows Company was Not Registered with the State Read More »

LOS ÁNGELES – La oficina del fiscal de distrito de Los Ángeles publicó una orden de arresto contra Moon Hyuk Hahn. Hahn, el dueño de Pacific Commercial Company, enfrenta 26 cargos por delitos graves de fraude de seguros, evasión de impuestos y robo de salarios. La queja por delito fue publicada como parte de una …

Director del Contratista de Limpieza del Area de Mid-Wilshire, Pacific Commercial, Enfrenta 26 Cargos por Delitos Graves en el Próximo Juicio Penal Read More »