A dozen workers fired by a Chandler Pei Wei Restaurant

A dozen employees who ended up fired by a Chandler Pei Wei restaurant claim it absolutely was as a result of the controversial new immigration law.

The staff tell us they were definitely let go right after they attended a rally against SB 1070, however the restaurant says there's additional towards story. They apparently skipped out on their scheduled shifts to attend the protest.

Those 12 former personnel want their jobs back, and are also asking for back again pay and an apology from Pei Wei. They say other workforce who decided not to display up to perform had been punished -- not fired -- and they shouldn't have been completely treated differently.

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

"I believed they were definitely planning to assistance us in 1 way but they decided not to," affirms Elizabeth Serafin, who was fired. She claims she didn't call in May possibly 29 because other workers had asked for the day time off but have been denied.

Twelve from the store's 30 personnel did not present up for deliver the results to march inside anti-SB 1070 protest.

"We had been hungry, we had been thirsty¡­ it had been even worse than planning to deliver the results, we did not do it for enjoyable!" says Serafin.

Serafin claims that when other workers have missed work in the past, without calling in, they were definitely punished but not fired.

Yvonne Herrera also lost her career. She worked for Pei Wei for 10 many years as being a cook, without having actually getting a sick day, she affirms.

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

Serafin claims she does not regret missing operate to march for an concern she feels so strongly about.

'"We know [the immigration law] gonna have an impact on our families as well as our jobs¡­ there's a large amount of persons coming from another state. There's a large amount of white people doing that, how arrive we're not doing it for ourselves?"

A nearby workers union is assisting the 12 folks who had been fired. Protesters say they continue to picket outside of Pei Wei from time to time.