To: John Walls, Director, Brand Public Relations, Luxury and Lifestyle Brands and John Vanderslice, Global Head of Luxury & Lifestyle Brands, Hilton Worldwide
Bribing and injuring workers isn’t OK. Waldorf Astoria Hotel, drop Carnegie Valet
Waldorf Astoria hotel, drop your tainted laundry contractor, Carnegie Valet Cleaning Corp.
Carnegie Valet Cleaning, Carnegie Linen Services, and Danielle Uniform are a trio of related businesses operated out of a single location in the Bronx by Gary Perlson, his family, and his associates.
The federal government found that when a Carnegie Linen worker, Jose Luis Diaz, refused a bribe to stop organizing with Workers United/SEIU, Perlson injured him by throwing hot coffee in his face before terminating him.
Carnegie Valet Cleaning, Carnegie Linen Services, and Danielle Uniform are a trio of related businesses operated out of a single location in the Bronx by Gary Perlson, his family, and his associates.
The federal government found that when a Carnegie Linen worker, Jose Luis Diaz, refused a bribe to stop organizing with Workers United/SEIU, Perlson injured him by throwing hot coffee in his face before terminating him.
Why is this important?
I used to work at Carnegie Linen Services, a New York based industrial laundry. When we tried to organize with Workers United, we faced horrible attacks from our employer.
The federal government found that Gary Perlson, owner of New York based laundry, Carnegie Linen Services, whose related companies contract for the Waldorf Astoria hotel, verbally abused my former co-worker Jose Luis Diaz after he refused a bribe of thousands of dollars to stop organizing with Workers United/SEIU. Perlson then threw hot coffee in Diaz’s face and terminated him.
Carnegie Linen Services & Carnegie Valet Cleaning are Bronx-based industrial laundries with contracts for many New York hotels, including Carnegie Valet’s contract with the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
After a trial, the National Labor Relations board found Carnegie Linen Services guilty of violating federal labor law by “offering Jose Luis Diaz money to cease his union activity” “inflicting bodily injury on [him] in response to his union activities” and “discharging [him] because he assisted and joined Workers United and engaged in concerted activities” on November 7th 2009.
Workers at Carnegie Linen Services make poverty wages and few benefits. Laundry work is difficult and dangerous work.
*All information taken from 357 NLRB No. 188, Cases 2-CA-39560 and 2-RC-23436.
The federal government found that Gary Perlson, owner of New York based laundry, Carnegie Linen Services, whose related companies contract for the Waldorf Astoria hotel, verbally abused my former co-worker Jose Luis Diaz after he refused a bribe of thousands of dollars to stop organizing with Workers United/SEIU. Perlson then threw hot coffee in Diaz’s face and terminated him.
Carnegie Linen Services & Carnegie Valet Cleaning are Bronx-based industrial laundries with contracts for many New York hotels, including Carnegie Valet’s contract with the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
After a trial, the National Labor Relations board found Carnegie Linen Services guilty of violating federal labor law by “offering Jose Luis Diaz money to cease his union activity” “inflicting bodily injury on [him] in response to his union activities” and “discharging [him] because he assisted and joined Workers United and engaged in concerted activities” on November 7th 2009.
Workers at Carnegie Linen Services make poverty wages and few benefits. Laundry work is difficult and dangerous work.
*All information taken from 357 NLRB No. 188, Cases 2-CA-39560 and 2-RC-23436.