Two longtime employees of Cody’s Books have filed a complaint with California’s Labor Commission “alleging that the bookstore violated its contract with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) by not paying its workers paid time off when the store closed down in June,” the Berkeley Daily Planet reports. Cody’s liquidated its assets in August to pay off their bank lien, though they never filed for bankruptcy. The union rep for Cody’s employees Sharon Sherburn-Zimmer says, “If they went bankrupt they would have to pay off secured creditors first. But since they didn’t go bankrupt they have a contractual obligation with […]
