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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.

June 23, 2008
Appellate Court Orders Cintas to Pay $1.18 Million in Back Wages, Interest

SAN FRANCISCO – The California Court of Appeal has upheld a 2005 judgment against Cintas Corp., ordering it to pay more than $1.18 million in back wages and interest to 219 Northern California workers for violating the city of Hayward’s Living Wage Ordinance.

The decision affirming a September 2005 Alameda Superior Court ruling is believed to be the largest living-wage award in U.S. history, according to UNITE HERE, which has been attempting to unionize Cintas since 2003.