Saigon Grill Workers Win In Their Fight for Justice

This summer 2010 workers will go back to work at Saigon Grill and win their backwages.

As you may recall, in March 2007, 36 delivery workers from Saigon Grill started a battle against sweatshop conditions which spread from the Upper West Side to the rest of NYC and nationwide. By galvanizing thousands of other workers to stand with them, the Saigon Grill workers won their backwages and their jobs. Their victory set legal precedents strengthening the rights for all workers.

They sparked a new wave of Latino restaurant and nail salon workers to join in this fight for better work conditions. And their example emboldened millions more to dare to struggle and dare to win. This is a victory for all working people standing up and fighting against the sweatshop conditions we face.

For all of you who stood with us in this fight for justice, we showed the world that we refuse to be slaves. We reclaimed our dignity. We also showed working people that even in this economic crisis and despite the modern-day slave law employers sanctions, citizen and immigrant workers--undocumented and documented--can come together to fight for a better life.

Read more in a summary of how this victory was won.