During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, contractors hired by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to clean New York City subway cars are now facing allegations of underpaying their workers. A lawsuit filed by NYC Comptroller Lander accuses two cleaning companies, Fleetwash and Ln Pro, of failing to pay $2.5 million in wages. The comptroller's office and other sources claim that the dispute involves a total of $2.6 million in unpaid wages and penalties. The allegations suggest that the contractors cheated workers out of $2 million in wages, highlighting a significant issue of worker exploitation during a critical time.
A dispute over how much contractors paid their workers to clean NYC subway cars during the pandemic is heating up as the city’s comptroller claims two companies owe $2.6 million in unpaid wages and penalties. https://t.co/1lf4b3OZ0R
We need to hold @MTA accountable for cheating workers. https://t.co/f8avhFVQyu
NEW: @NYCComptroller Lander filed lawsuits yesterday against two cleaning companies, Fleetwash and Ln Pro, alleging they stole $2.5 million in wages from workers they employed to clean subway trains at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. https://t.co/3fZbFv767J
Vendors @MTA hired to clean subway cars during the pandemic accused of cheating workers of $2 million in wages, sez @NYCComptroller Lander and the intrepid @JMartinezNYC is on it: https://t.co/RwQmPR9sX6
MTA contractors underpaid NYC subway cleaners during height of COVID, lawsuit alleges https://t.co/E9sd6VJcL2