{"id":10459,"date":"2017-01-26T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/trumps-labor-pick-faces-slew-of-legal-complaints-from-fast-food-workers\/"},"modified":"2017-01-26T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T22:15:00","slug":"trumps-labor-pick-faces-slew-of-legal-complaints-from-fast-food-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/trumps-labor-pick-faces-slew-of-legal-complaints-from-fast-food-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump's Labor Pick Faces Slew Of Legal Complaints From Fast-Food Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Yuki Noguchi<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

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Fast-food workers in Los Angeles on Thursday protest against restaurant-chain mogul Andrew Puzder, who has been tapped as President Donald Trump’s nominee for labor secretary. Frederic J. Brown\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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President Trump’s nominee to be the next Labor secretary, Andrew Puzder, runs a fast-food empire. Now, as he awaits his confirmation hearings, current and former workers of CKE Restaurants \u2014 which operates chains like Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s \u2014 are filing complaints alleging employment-law violations at his company.<\/p>\n

Ceatana Cardona says she was sexually harassed by her shift manager when she worked nights as a cashier at a Hardee’s in Tampa, Fla.<\/p>\n

“When I was one-and-a-half months pregnant with my youngest child, he asked me for a kiss. I refused and began to walk away, but he grabbed me by the collar and, inches from my face, said, ‘If you don’t give me what I want, I’m going to start taking it from you,” Cardona says.<\/p>\n

Cardona says after she complained to another supervisor, she was given fewer, less desirable hours. She eventually left.<\/p>\n

Now, Cardona is filing a sexual harassment claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Washington, D.C. She’s one of 33 workers filing complaints so far this year that detail allegations of wage theft, harassment and discrimination at CKE Restaurants and its franchises. Cardona ultimately blames Puzder.<\/p>\n

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