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Former Deliverymen Sue Lombardi's
WORKERS ALLEGE UNPAID WAGES; SEEK DAMAGES, INTEREST DUE
A Slice source forwarded us this docket (above), which details a lawsuit brought against Lombardi's on April 5 by seven former pizza deliverymen.
The plaintiffs allege the pizzeria owes them unpaid wages and are seeking damages and interest due. The suit claims that the pizzeria never paid the plaintiffs the Federal minimum wage, instead paying "$20 shift — resulting in an hourly rate ranging from approximately $2.86 an hour to approximately $3.05 an hour." (The Federal Minimum Wage as of September 1, 1997, is $5.15 an hour.) Moreover, the lawsuit claims that the pizzeria lowered the wages of five of the plaintiffs when they asked the defendant for pay increases.
The case was filed in U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Here is the entire docket in PDF: Roberto Olivares, Celestino Hernandez, Tereso Coronado, Hector Betanzo, Jose G. Peralta, Carlos Salinas, and Juan Olivares de la Torre v. Pizza of 32 Spring Street, Inc. d/b/a Lombardi's Pizza and John Brescio