A dozen workforce fired by a Chandler Pei Wei Restaurant

A dozen staff who had been fired by a Chandler Pei Wei restaurant claim it was as a result of the controversial new immigration law.

The workforce tell us they were let go after they attended a rally against SB 1070, however the restaurant claims there may be a lot more towards story. They apparently skipped out on their scheduled shifts to attend the protest.

Individuals 12 former employees want their jobs back, and are also asking for back pay and an apology from Pei Wei. They say other workforce who didn't demonstrate as much as operate had been punished -- not fired -- and they shouldn't have been completely treated differently.

They're now acquiring their protest to Pei Wei's front door.

"I thought they ended up planning to help us in a single way but they didn't," states Elizabeth Serafin, who was fired. She claims she decided not to call in Might 29 mainly because other employees had asked for your day off but were denied.

Twelve from the store's 30 workforce decided not to indicate up for work to march inside anti-SB 1070 protest.

"We have been hungry, we have been thirsty¡­ it was even worse than going to deliver the results, we did not do it for enjoyment!" states Serafin.

Serafin claims that when other employees have missed work in the past, devoid of calling in, they were definitely punished but not fired.

Yvonne Herrera also lost her employment. She worked for Pei Wei for 10 many years like a cook, with no ever taking a sick day time, she alleges.

Pei Wei issued the following statement: "We were disappointed that twelve workforce from our Chandler location chose to violate a well-known attendance policy resulting in their termination. When workers selected not to present up for any scheduled shift and selected not to give observe, it leads to tremendous disruption to fellow coworkers and impedes our capacity to serve our guests."

Serafin claims she doesn't regret missing operate to march for an problem she feels so strongly about.

'"We know [the immigration law] likely to affect our families as well as our jobs¡­ there may be a lot of folks coming from one more state. There may be a lot of white individuals accomplishing that, how come we're not undertaking it for ourselves?"

A local workers union is assisting the twelve those who have been fired. Protesters say they carry on to picket outside of Pei Wei from time to time.