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December 22, 2009
Cintas Agrees to Settle Class-Action Lawsuit Alleging Living-Wage Violations

LOS ANGELES — Cintas Corp. has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that it violated the City of Los Angeles Living Wage Ordinance, and Workers United/SEIU, which claims to represent 70% of laundry workers in California, says the settlement will cost the company a record $6.5 million.

More than 500 Southern California Cintas laundry workers are due to receive back wages, the union says.

April 20, 2009
U.S. Court Dismisses Cintas’s RICO Suit Against Unions

NEW YORK — Judge William H. Pauley of the Southern District of New York Court has dismissed Cintas Corp.’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) lawsuit against UNITE HERE, the International Brotherhood of the Teamsters, and the Change to Win coalition.

“The complaint is not [a] ‘short and plain statement,’” says Pauley in his ruling. “It is a manifesto by a Fortune 500 company that is more a public relations piece than a pleading.”

April 13, 2009
Judge Rejects Class-Action Certification in Cintas Lawsuit

CINCINNATI — Judge Sean Cox of the Eastern District of Michigan Southern Division has rejected plaintiffs’ bids for class certification in two employment discrimination lawsuits: Mirna E. Serrano vs. Cintas Corp. (Case No. 04-CV-40132) and Blanca Avalos vs. Cintas Corp. (Case No. 06-CV-12311), Cintas reports.

The nationwide and Michigan hiring discrimination lawsuits alleged that Cintas had discriminated against female and minority applicants who sought service sales representative positions at hundreds of Cintas facilities across the country.