Labor department: Owner of A-1 Diner in West Haven must pay employees or face charges

[Omaha Steve]

Former employees of the A-1 Diner in West Haven, which closed abruptly Sunday night, fill out paperwork for the state Department of Labor Tuesday while they wait for co- owner George Tsiaorvas to arrive in hope of getting paid. mark zaretsky — new haven register

http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20150519/labor-department-owner-of-a-1-diner-in-west-haven-must-pay-employees-or-face-charges

By Mark Zaretsky, New Haven Register
POSTED: 05/19/15, 8:11 PM EDT | UPDATED: 15 HRS AGO

WEST HAVEN >> One of the owners of the abruptly closed A-1 Diner met with employees Tuesday and came out saying, “I love my employees ... and I’m definitely going to pay them.”

But co-owner George Tsiaorvas also came out of the meeting inside the shuttered diner — which closed suddenly after operating a seemingly normal day on Sunday — without paying the six or seven employees who were there.

Several of them were not overly optimistic afterwards, after being told that the other owner, George Tsiolis, who supposedly is the one who will pay them, is sick with a kidney infection and Tsiaorvas didn’t know when he might be able to come to West Haven to pay them.

Tsiaorvas, who opened the diner with Tsiolis last year in the former location of West Haven’s Friendly’s restaurant, promising to bring a taste of New York diners to West Haven and Connecticut, would not comment on rumors among employees that he plans to reopen the diner soon with a different partner.

FULL story at link.

[bluestateguy]

1. If I were them

I'd show up as a group on his home's front porch and stay there until we are paid.

[Sherman A1]

2. This is horse hockey

either partner should be able to pay these people. I hope the full weight of the Connecticut Department of Labor comes right down on the both owners.