Victory: Scoop NYC
Stock and security workers regularly worked 50 to 60 hours a week but did not receive overtime pay. Some 15 workers were then fired when they complained about these violations. “Our break room was a boiler room in the basement. This is where we had to eat our lunch, change our clothes and even sleep,” said Romeo Ilboudou, who worked the job for five years.
In late 2008, Scoop NYC workers called RAP because they felt discriminated against after the company allegedly refused to accept their legal work authorization forms and fired them. With the help of RAP, 17 workers filed two complaints against Scoop NYC, one seeking paid overtime and the second, which was filed at the U.S. Department of Justice, for discrimination based on national origin. The company was forced to settle. The settlement with the company covers both cases.