New Haven restaurant hit with federal suit claiming unfair labor practices
Source: Foxct
BY SAMANTHA SCHOENFELD
NEW HAVEN–It’s a popular New Haven eatery that pokes fun at the underworld of mobsters and wise guys. But now, Goodfellas Restaurant is once again facing sinister accusations from former employees claiming abusive work conditions.
Five former employees of Goodfellas, at 702 State St., allege in a federal lawsuit filed Friday that the owners are in violation of state and federal labor laws, specifically related to stolen wages and unpaid overtime.
“The workers also bring this action to expose Goodfellas Restaurant for its practices of forced labor, racketeering and discriminatory harassment of employees,” said Zachary Manfredi, a Yale Law School student intern who works in the school’s Worker and Immigration Rights Advocacy Clinic.
Abimael Perez, one of the plaintiffs, worked at Goodfellas for the last half of 2014, and was paid $500 a week in cash. Through an interpreter, Perez said he has never worked for anyone worse than Goodfellas’ co-owner and head chef Gerry Iannaccone.
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