Protestors rally over Orthodox cheese company worker payment dispute
Members of Orthodox social justice group Uri L'Tzedek recently picketed the offices of the private equity organization that owns kosher cheese company Flaum's parent organization. The company challenged a ruling that ordered it to pay approximately $270,000 in overtime back pay to its workers.
Flaum argues that the ruling - which was made in 2009 by the National Labor Relations Board - should be reversed due to the fact that its workers were undocumented, citing a 2002 decision involving the NLRB and Hoffman Plastics Compound, according to Crain's New York Business.
"The Bible speaks in multiple places about wage workers, and here we're really talking about workers who have been denied wages," said Steven Exler, an assistant rabbi at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale who participated in the rally, as quoted by the news source.
According to the media outlet, employees worked at the company for up to 80 hours per week without being paid overtime.
"Exploiting immigrant labor is not (ethical) according to Jewish and secular law," Uri L'Tzedek founder Ari Hart told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Flaum argues that the ruling - which was made in 2009 by the National Labor Relations Board - should be reversed due to the fact that its workers were undocumented, citing a 2002 decision involving the NLRB and Hoffman Plastics Compound, according to Crain's New York Business.
"The Bible speaks in multiple places about wage workers, and here we're really talking about workers who have been denied wages," said Steven Exler, an assistant rabbi at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale who participated in the rally, as quoted by the news source.
According to the media outlet, employees worked at the company for up to 80 hours per week without being paid overtime.
"Exploiting immigrant labor is not (ethical) according to Jewish and secular law," Uri L'Tzedek founder Ari Hart told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
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