Thanks to the efforts of Local 813 in Long Island City, New York, former and current members of the local have received the last installment of a back-pay settlement totaling about $600,000.

“The company in question, Chinatown Carting Corporation, had employed the five workers without allowing them membership into Local 813 and thus were not paying them their full wage rate or benefits,” said Sylvester Needham, Local 813 President. “We are vigilant in our efforts to prevent employers from getting away with paying substandard wages and benefits and denying the employees their right to be Teamsters.”

In late February, after failing to pay the last installment of about $300,000, the company finally agreed to do so after the case proceeded in court.

“We are pleased that the company has finally agreed to pay these workers what they are owed,” Needham said. “We did not quit until justice was served in this case and we want to put other employers in New York City on notice that we will continue to be vigilant to make sure workers don’t get treated unfairly. This also boosts our benefit funds, so this helps all of our Local 813 Teamsters.”