If the accusations are true, this salon wins the award for "The Worst Nail Place To Work". I thought that I had worked at some turkeys, I feel like a winer now.
I noticed that it was not mentioned if the workers were legally licensed or legally documented. No one deserves this kind of treatment, I was just wondering if people think that they CAN be abusive to illegal immigrants or non licensed manicurists because they think that the worker will not report the abuse under fear of deportation or job loss. I also wonder why the workers continued to work for such an allegedly abusive employer. That is what makes me think that they are illegal in some way. If someone kicked the back of my chair and told me to work faster, I'd be out of there so fast, after I was arrested for kicking the person who kicked my chair in the behind about 100 times. Katherine St. Louis, MO Sent from my iPad On Jan 6, 2011, at 10:28 AM, Debbie Doerrlamm <sa...@beautytech.com> wrote: > http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/nail-salon-owners-accused-of-illegal-firing-1.2589534 > > > Nail salon owners accused of illegal firing > > > > > January 5, 2011 by ROBERT E. KESSLER / robert.kess...@newsday.com > > The National Labor Relations Board has charged that the Korean owners of two > upscale Long Island nail salons have illegally fired or retaliated against > six Chinese workers for filing a suit alleging they were discriminated > against and forced to work long hours at low wages. > > The decision last week by the federal board parallels in some respects the > allegations in an ongoing civil rights suit brought last year in federal > court in Central Islip by the same six workers against the owners of Babi > Nail salons in Carle Place and Glen Head. > > There are a number of Babi Nail salons on Long Island, but their relationship > to those named in the NLRB decision and civil suit could not be determined > Wednesday. > > In the civil suit, the six employees of the two nail salons said they were > allegedly pinched or had the backs of their chairs kicked in order to make > them work faster. They claimed they were denied overtime, forced to purchase > their own work tools and uniforms in violation of federal regulations, and > were paid as little as $2.27 an hour. > > The civil rights suit also alleged the workers were told "Chinese are > stupid," and "Americans and Koreans know how to dress but Chinese do not." > > The attorney for the two salons, Saul Zabell of Bohemia, called the NLRB > charges "ridiculous," because he said the board had no jurisdiction over the > salons. Zabell also said that the accusations in the lawsuit and those > brought by the NLRB had no merit and were "sour grapes" because groups trying > to unionize Babi workers had failed to get enough worker support to do so. > > But Aaron Halegua, a lawyer for the six workers, said in a statement, "We > applaud the action of the National Labor Relations Board in pursuing claims > against Babi Nail concerning the salons' retaliation against workers who > bravely stood up for their legal rights and filed suit against it." > > Tracy Kwon, a spokesman for a group supporting the workers, the Justice Will > Be Served! campaign, said the group and the Chinese Staff and Workers > Association will be demonstrating at the Carle Place Babi Nail at noon > Thursday. > > A hearing on the NLRB charges is scheduled for February in Brooklyn. > > Regards, > Debbie ^v^ ^o^ //\o/\\ ^o^ ^v^ Webmaster - System Admin > > deb...@beautytech.com > (AIM - NailGdsss, GTalk wkdwich p-631-981-1273) > Ronkonkoma, NY & Rocky Mount, VA > ONLINE STORE http://www.beautytech.com/shoppe > http://www.beautytech.com & http://www.beautytech.INFO > for Professionals for Consumers > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NailTech" group. > To post to this group, send email to nailt...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nailtech+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to nailt...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nailtech+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en.
