Because Foxtrot and Dom's have closed, the Chicago-area small businesses that supplied the popular grocery and coffee locations are affected.It was a roaring plea from former employees of Foxtrot, who lost their jobs this week as the company abruptly shut down all of its stores in Chicago."They actually just put us all into the lunchroom and said we're finished... we're closing the company...
"Workers are learning about their rights. They will not be outboxed," Arise Chicago organizer Jose Uribe said. "They are not giving up, and they are here to ask what is owed to them."on behalf of one former employee, arguing that the Warren Act was violated. The law requires companies of a certain size to give a 60-day notice of mass layoffs.
"At the outset, it seems like a slam dunk, but there's a lot more we're gonna have to dig into," lawyer Syed Haseeb Hussain said. "We have a lot to unpack here.""We explored many avenues to continue the business but found no viable option despite good faith and exhaustive efforts," the statement read in part.. A federal judge awarded those employees with $1.5 million in back pay, saying the employer failed to give a 60-day notice of shutting down.