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The city of Los Angeles has committed $ 1 6 million in sustained federal incentives including a rental guarantee to attract BYD outpost and promised 102 jobs to the city in 2011, but not that these jobs do not materialize fully some of the jobs that have been created allegedly providing illegal wages.
In fact, last month the state of California sentenced to a fine BYD in Los Angeles nearly 100 000 for alleged multiple violations, including paying less than minimum wage, failing to provide appropriate breaks and withholding statements wages twice a month, according to a breach sheet from the state obtained by the weekly.
The Los Angeles Alliance for the new group LAANE economy alleges.
BYD Chinese workers are reported to work in Los Angeles for six months living in a dormitory-style housing, and only earn 1 hour 50 plus an allowance of 50 per day.
A spokesman for the California Department of Industrial Relations has indicated that this might not be the last BYD heard labor officials The investigation is ongoing, he said.
And keep in mind that the city hall claims to be pro-worker This is one of the most pleasant town halls to the union in the country, and Los Angeles public workers pay at least a salary, and demands that many entrepreneurs.
Meanwhile LAANE was on BYD for its alleged violations A representative of the Working Group says the company operates Chinese workers L A by paying less than minimum wage.
Yesterday, about 40 protesters demonstrated outside the headquarters of BYD in L AT 1800 South Figueroa St. to protest against working conditions at its plant in Lancaster.
The company is known for cars of this low quality analysts said they're far from ready for the market of US consumers Some of the vehicles have the appearance of fake Mercedes-Benz Nevertheless, the company is Construction people moving electric buses in Lancaster that are sold in Los Angeles and long Beach New York transportation agencies.
Now LAANE wants to know if the city of Los Angeles, who is engaged to 1 6 million in benefits for the company, BYD will hold feet to the fire now that the jobs promised only 40 102 workers have been hired to date are not still come through.
Rachele Huennekens, spokesman for the group, says.
The question is whether or not BYD is a company that has kept its promise and whether the city should recover the money is there anything the city can do to implement and monitor the city's business deals with it ' is somehow an example of public officials asleep at the wheel and what can go wrong without public oversight.
Among those who lobbied BYD to come to the city was the former mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who traveled to China to woo the bus manufacturing operation.
Jeff Millman mayor's office wouldn t say whether the city would try to apply or to revoke its agreement with BYD He told us that.
The city is monitoring the investigation of the state, which is ongoing.
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