Nearly two dozen servers and kitchen staff at Z & Y Restaurant in Chinatown will receive settlement payments in the wake of alleged labor violations at the eatery. (Google Earth)
‘Our new normal must fully embrace workers’ rights’
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華人進步會政治主任林德樂（左一）、前餐館工人王拓（左二）、華人進步會行政主任劉茂琦（左三）、亞洲法律聯會律師高文儀（右一）。（記者李怡／攝影）
22名華裔移民工人與雇主禦食園川菜館 ( Z & Y)的勞資糾紛，經歷三年多的維權抗爭之後，8月17日在由華人進步會（CPA）和亞洲法律聯會（ALC）聯合召開的新聞發布會上，宣布以161萬元的賠償金達成和解。
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22位來自御食園川菜館(Z & Y)的餐館員工在工資訴訟和解中獲賠161萬元。華人進步會舉行記者會呼籲餐飲移民員工勇於維護自身權益。左起：華人進步會政治主任林德樂、Z & Y餐館舊員工王拓、華人進步會行政主任劉茂琦、亞洲法律聯會律師高文儀。記者李兆庭攝
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John Wang walks by former workplace Z & Y Restaurant while running errands in San Francisco’s Chinatown. He was a leader in organizing workers, eventually winning a $1.61 million settlement.Mike Kai Chen/Special to The Chronicle
When John Wang worked at
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August 17th, 2021
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Workers at Popular Chinatown Restaurant Win $1.61 Million in Massive Wage Theft Settlement
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Sik faan la! 食飯啦 means “time to eat” and is a phrase many Chinese people hear from their family members when food is ready. Food is often a language of love and care. The theme of the recipe collection is
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不同族裔的兒童舉著不同語言的標語，中文寫著「我們支持我們的長者」。（記者李晗 / 攝影）
針對灣區近來連串發生在亞裔身上的暴力事件，多個團體14日在舊金山市政廳前舉行集會，反對暴力，同時呼籲各族裔團結。
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Community groups organized a gathering at San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza to call for increased investment in social services in response to recent violent attacks on Asian Americans.
The United States has seen a spate of violent attacks and hateful
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Roughly 200 people gathered at San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza outside City Hall on Valentine’s Day to offer a space for community healing and to call for more investment in community-based public-safety solutions for Asian-American neighborhoods.
Recent attacks against elderly
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The videos are graphic and shocking.
In January, a local television station showed footage of a young man sprinting toward, then violently shoving to the ground, a man identified as Vicha Ratanapakdee, 84, who had been out for a morning walk in
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