Labor Pick Faces Slew Of Legal Complaints

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January 26, 20175:15 PM ET
YUKI NOGUCHI

President Trump's nominee to be the next Labor secretary, Andrew Puzder, runs a fast-food empire. Now, as he awaits his confirmation hearings, current and former workers of CKE Restaurants — which operates chains like Carl's Jr. and Hardee's — are filing complaints alleging employment-law violations at his company.

Ceatana Cardona says she was sexually harassed by her shift manager when she worked nights as a cashier at a Hardee's in Tampa, Fla.

"When I was one-and-a-half months pregnant with my youngest child, he asked me for a kiss. I refused and began to walk away, but he grabbed me by the collar and, inches from my face, said, 'If you don't give me what I want, I'm going to start taking it from you," Cardona says.

Cardona says after she complained to another supervisor, she was given fewer, less desirable hours. She eventually left ...

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/01/26/511863288/trump-s-labor-pick-faces-slew-of-legal-complaints-from-fast-food-workers

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