NLRB Decision on Imperial Buffet & Restaurant-- Call for Equal Rights for ALL Workers

We are excited to share with you a victory for ALL working people. On December 30, 2009, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) delivered a decision on Imperial Buffet & Restaurant 22-CA-27468 awarding full backpay and conditional reinstatement for a group of documented and undocumented workers who in 2006 organized together at a NJ restaurant against labor law violations at their workplace.

The NLRB found that the employer, Imperial Buffet Restaurant, used the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), particularly the employers' sanctions provision to undermine U.S. labor laws. The employer sanctions provision allowed the employer to take advantage of undocumented workers and undermine their ability to organize with their documented co-workers at the restaurant. Furthermore, he found that the so-called employer sanctions provisions do not hurt employers but rather inflict the most harm to American workers, because the law criminalizes undocumented workers and undermines ALL workers’ rights.

To read a summary, click here.
For the full decision, click here.