CHICAGO — A woman has filed a class action suit against Cloverleaf Cold Storage Co. for alleged unpaid wages, violation of state and federal law and violation of workers’ compensation acts.
Whitney Edwards filed a complaint on Jan. 3 in Cook County Circuit Court, alleging she worked as the defendant’s employee and was paid at the rate of $14.02 per hour, but was not paid any vacation pay. The plaintiff holds the defendant responsible for allegedly failing to pay her and other workers like her for all vacation time earned.
The plaintiff seeks to enjoin the defendant, the monetary equivalent of all costs deducted from her, statutory damages, all deductions made from her, court costs and any further relief this court grants. She is represented by Alvar Ayala and Christopher J. Williams of Workers' Law Offic PC in Chicago.
Cook County Circuit Court case number 2018CH00071