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Cintas: Cintas Workers
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In 1999 Cintas Corp, the largest uniform rental provider in the country, signed a contract with Hayward, California to become the official launderer of the city's uniforms. As a condition in the contract, Cintas agreed to comply with Hayward's living wage ordinance. Problem was, Cintas didn't comply--in fact, for the next four years it paid workers far less than Hayward's requirement.
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In Hayward, California, a judge ruled that Cintas broke the city's living wage laws by paying workers as much as $2 per hour less than required. Cintas has been ordered to pay $800,000 in back wages plus interest to 220 low-wage laundry workers.4
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CINTAS FOUNDER and Chair Richard Farmer could meet the union’s demands for every Cintas worker from his own personal fortune. Farmer came in at number 140 on Forbes magazine’s recently released list of the 400 richest Americans--with a net worth of $1.5 billion.
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The Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice’s (ICWJ) involvement was triggered by Cintas’ recent decision to let go over 400 workers around the country who had received ‘no match’ letters from the Social Security Administration (SSA). SSA sends out the letters in order to clean up its database and ensure workers are credited for taxes paid.
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