An advocacy group says it will resume boycotting a New Haven restaurant because the owner refuses to pay four former workers $23,000 in wages and overtime, The Associated Press reports.
New Haven Workers Association, which held protests earlier this year at Café Goodfellas, says negotiations failed to resolve the dispute. State labor officials are investigating.
Gennaro Iannaccone, Goodfellas’ owner, says he settled the issue but the association doesn’t want to deduct taxes. He accused the association of trying to intimidate and harass him.
The association says the owner wanted to deduct 75 percent in taxes.
The association says state labor department documents show the restaurant in recent years paid $9,500 in unpaid wages to 10 employees and $9,300 in fines.
Iannaccone denies paying a fine, saying the issue was quickly resolved four years ago.
Gary Pechie, director of wages and workplace standards for the labor department, said an initial penalty of $9,300 was reduced to $1,200 after the business was able to comply with violations related to records and wages.
