Lawsuit: Trump hotel stiffed caterers out of tips -- pocketed 22% "service fees."

[pnwmom]

Because Trump is such a proponent of hard working people.



Besides being immoral and deceptive, this would appear to be a violation of New York labor law.

https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160307/soho/trump-soho-hotel-stiffed-caterers-out-of-tips-lawsuit-charges

SOHO — Donald Trump's luxury hotel illegally stiffed its catering staff out of tips by keeping a mandatory 22-percent service fee it added to customers' bills, a new lawsuit charges.

Catering staffer Deborah Garcia is suing Trump, his daughter, Ivanka, and his son Donald Trump Jr., claiming the service fee never reached her or other employees' pockets, even though most customers likely assumed it was for gratuity.

"A reasonable customer would believe that the service was in fact a gratuity for [Garcia] and similarly situated employees," says the lawsuit, which was filed in Suffolk County Supreme Court on Feb. 13, 2015.

Instead, the hotel, run by the Republican presidential front-runner's real estate firm, the Trump Organization, "retained the money for their own benefit" — a violation of state labor law, the lawsuit says.

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[BSdetect]

1. The super rich never have enough do they? More, more, more.

Greedy shits.

[TeamPooka]

2. Money only goes one way with Donald Trump. Into his pocket. nt

[The Genealogist]

3. Imagine this audaciously crooked man as the president of the United States

He has no boundaries. He'd have us in WWIII in his first 100 days.

[smirkymonkey]

5. Any working person who votes for Trump is a sucker and an idiot. It's very clear that his actions

do not back up his words or his promises in any way, shape or form. All of these working class people who adore him and think he is going to fight for them and address their concerns are being played like cheap fiddles. I actually kind of feel sorry for them.

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

6. As someone who used to be a server...

Those fees are supposed to go to the servers, paid out when they cash out that shift. Most servers do not even get paid minimum wage and their hourly wage covers their taxes from the tips they claim. Waiting tables is very hard work and the pay is essentially the gratuity. Larger checks get the service fee added to make sure that servers get a decent tip for their hard work.

This is so disgusting on so many levels.

[Madam45for2923]

7. This is pretty low!