En miércoles 13 de Marzo de 2019, miembros de la comunidad llenaron al espacio frente del restaurante mexicano 'La Hacienda' en Chapel Hill en solidaridad con un exempleado quien no había recibido su sueldo debido por parte del jefe, el Señor Martinez. Pocos días después cuando un grupo más pequeño fue a recoger el cheque, el señor Martínez hizo el cheque de una cantidad menor e inadecuada. Nosotros le contamos que eso era inaceptable, así el señor Martínez hizo un nuevo cheque esta vez con la cantidad adecuada que correspondía a las horas que habia trabajado aquel exempleado, pero eso lo hizo mientras nos mencionaba el estado legal de aquel empleado.

Si usted decide comer allí o decide dejarles una reseña al restaurante, les exigimos que agradezcan a señor Martínez por pagar el debido sueldo y también a exhortarle no mencionar o usar el estado de inmigración de sus empleados como una forma de intimidación y amenaza en el futuro.

Who We Are

We are a community-based organizing initiative seeking to correct injustice through the use of strategically organized community power. We are not a formally organized group or nonprofit. We are not a group of lawyers or government officials. We are not affiliated with any religious institution or order. We do not have a budget (or a bank account) and we are not a source for financial support. We organize around principles of Solidarity and Mutual Aid.

On Wed March 13^th, 2019 community members flooded the front room of Chapel Hill Restaurant La Hacienda in Solidarity with a former employee whom the boss, Mr. Martinez, owed wages. A few days later a smaller group from the community went to collect the check. Mr. Martinez first offered a check written for a lower hourly rate. When told that this was unacceptable, Mr. Martinez wrote a new check at the proper hourly rate, though not before he brought up the employee's immigration status.

If you happen to eat there or leave them a review, we encourage you to thank Mr. Martinez for paying the past-due wages and encourage him not to use immigration status as a form of intimidation with employees in the future.

Resources

Note: Increasing the agency and self-determination of every resident in our community is a central tenant of our work. We provide links to resources so that each person may choose their own path. Being listed here should not be taken as an endorsement of the organization or the ways in which they choose to engage with the power structures of our society.

• Connect Resource Database — specific to Orange County, NC: a fairly comprehensive list of resources for emergency needs, food, houseing, good, transit, health care, finances, care, education, work opportunities and legal assistance offered by nonprofits and government agencies, compiled by the Community Empowerment Fund.
• Tenant Resources an incomplete list of resources for renters in the NC Triangle