The plaintiff, Maetta Vance, a banquet worker at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., asserted that Saundra Davis, who is white and was described as a catering specialist, had glared at her, slammed pots and pans around her and blocked her on an elevator.
The union says the dismissals mostly involved banquet workers and amounted to retaliation against union supporters.
Hotels calculate banquet workers' tips according to a formula that the arbitrator, Philip Ross, determined had been improperly revised over the years, resulting in lower tips for banquet servers, captains and bartenders.
The banquet workers whom Zabawa oversaw weren't being let go, so the service-industry lifer says she took the change in stride -- that is, until Gateway explained the new policy on gratuities.
Some companies reward workers who report no injuries with a banquet featuring a lottery with a cash prize.
Controls were identified by event organizers or other banquet attendees as guests or workers at the banquet who consumed food and beverages but did not have diarrhea during January 22 28 , 2011
More than 70 Windows on the World workers -- dishwashers, waiters, banquet captains, the acclaimed pastry chef -- are dead or missing.
In April, two other plaintiffs joined the suit: an association of restaurants and restaurant workers, and a woman who books banquet halls for two D.C. hotels, the Carlyle Hotel near Dupont Circle and the Glover Park Hotel on Wisconsin Avenue NW.
We did not collect information about other meals served to guests and workers before and after the wedding banquet.
Mr. Godoy, who was among former workers seeking jobs, worked part time as a banquet waiter at Windows; he was not a full-time employee.
Modern landmarks include the Grand Theatre; the Okryu Hall, which contains a large banquet hall for official functions and recreation facilities for the workers; and Kim Il-sung Stadium.
