Victor Ojerda, 68, is a native of Ecuador and does not speak English. When the company where he worked for about 12 years went out of business, he never received the $ 2,500 vacation compensation to which he was entitled.
“There is no justice for the poor and the workers,” he said Thursday.
Holiday compensation is among several wage-related issues affecting immigrant workers in Chicago.
According to a study by the University of Illinois at Chicago published this month, foreign-born workers are 1½ times more likely than U.S.-born workers to receive less than the minimum wage.
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