Press Releases March 7, 2008
CHICAGO—On the one year anniversary of the horrific death of Cintas worker Eleazar Torres Gomez in Tulsa, Oklahoma, employees at Cintas, North America’s largest industrial laundry, launched a historic effort to force the company to provide safe workplaces. Chicago-area employees, elected leaders, and community allies rallied outside of the company’s Bedford Park, Illinois, laundry to […]
Press Releases April 1, 2008
WASHINGTON, April 1, 2008 – The Cintas Corp. was criticized today in a U.S. Senate hearing for having a dangerous pattern of disregarding worker safety. The hearing, held by the Employment and Workplace Protections Subcommittee of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sought to hold leading corporations like Cintas accountable for repeated safety […]
Press Releases April 19, 2008
More than 600 workers took to St. Hubert Street in Montréal today to rally in front of a Moores clothing store. They were reacting to the recent announcement that their factory will be closed this summer. Angry workers called on Montrealers to denounce the decision of Men’s Wearhouse to shut the factory down despite the […]
Press Releases April 22, 2008
Washington – Emmanuel Torres, son of a Tulsa Cintas worker killed on the job, will testify this Wednesday, April 23rd, at a House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections hearing seeking stronger OSHA enforcement for large, multi-site employers. The hearing comes one year after the subcommittee first called for a company-wide OSHA investigation of Cintas. It will […]
Press Releases April 23, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC, April 23 – The U.S. House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held a hearing today on workplace safety seeking stronger OSHA enforcement for large, multi-site employers. Members of the subcommittee named Cintas as a prime example of the need for stronger OSHA enforcement. The hearing was prompted by the death last year of Eleazar […]
Press Releases July 22, 2008
CHICAGO, July 22, 2008—The Coalition of Injured Cintas Workers today announced the launching of a nationwide tour to expose the hidden human costs of keeping America’s laundry clean. This summer, the Painful Truth Tour will span the nation to show investors, community leaders and Cintas uniform wearers in the hospitality industry the effect that unsafe […]
Press Releases September 11, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO, September 11, 2008—Cintas Corporation must pay more than $1.65 million in back wages, interest and penalties for violating the city of Hayward’s Living Wage Ordinance after the California Supreme Court rejected the company’s appeal yesterday. The Court’s decision allows more than 200 Northern California laundry workers to enforce a landmark judgment by the […]
Press Releases December 19, 2008
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2008—In the final weeks of Republican control of Washington, the Bush Administration’s OSHA has entered into a nearly toothless settlement agreement with Cintas over lethal violations in its laundries. The agreement attempts to resolve six OSHA cases relating to citations against Cintas for safety hazards at laundry facilities across the country, including […]
Press Releases January 23, 2009
LOS ANGELES—The California Court of Appeal removed restrictions limiting coverage under the city’s Living Wage Ordinance in a landmark decision this week. A panel of the Court unanimously issued a decision invalidating a regulation requiring that employees spend 20 hours per month on contracted work with the city to be covered. This week’s decision strengthens […]
Press Releases February 2, 2009
SAN LEANDRO, Calif., January 31—Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey (D-Petaluma) pointed to area employer Cintas as a prime example of why the Employee Free Choice Act is crucial to America’s workers. The Congresswoman met with laundry workers today at a party celebrating the recent payment of $1.65 million in unlawfully withheld back wages to Cintas employees in […]