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FORMER EMPLOYEES OF PARLOR PIZZA

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SAY THEY WERE FORCED TO WORK

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OVERTIME WITHOUT PAY AND

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CUSTOMERS OF COLOR WERE SEATED

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IN THE BACK OF THE RESTAURANT IN

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THE REJECTION SECTION.

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IT IS UNDER CITY INVESTIGATION

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AFTER BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO

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REPORTED.

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JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THIS IS

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BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO REPORTER

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QUINN MYERS.

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WHO HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE STORY

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SINCE HE FIRST HELPED BREAK NEWS

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ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONS.

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WE DID REACH OUT TO PARLOR PIZZA

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FOR A RESPONSE WHICH WE WILL

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HEAR IN JUST A BIT.

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QUINN MYERS GOOD TO SEE YOU.

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WELCOME BACK.

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TWO AGENCIES ARE LOOKING INTO

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THE ALLEGATIONS.

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WHICH ONES AND WHAT CAN YOU TELL

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US ABOUT THEIR INVESTIGATION SO

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FAR?

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>> SURE.

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THEY'VE JUST LAUNCHED THIS

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INVESTIGATION THE BUSINESS

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AFFAIRS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

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AGENCY AT THE CITY OF CHICAGO

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AND THE CHICAGO COMMISSION ON

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HUMAN RELATIONS.

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THE BACP IS LOOKING INTO

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ALLEGATIONS THAT LABOR WAS

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PERFORMED AT PARLOR AT THE

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BEHEST OF MANAGEMENT AND THE

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COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS IS

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LOOKING INTO WHAT YOU REFERRED

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TO AS THE ALLEGED REJECTION

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SECTION THAT ALLEGEDLY CUSTOMERS

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OF COLOR WERE SAT IN SPECIFIC

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LOCATIONS AT PARLOR'S RESTAURANT

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AT THE RIVER NORTH LOCATION.

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THOSE TWO AGENCIES ARE

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ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO REACH OUT

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FORMER PARLOR EMPLOYEES AND

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CUSTOMERS WHO BELIEVES THAT THEY

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POSSIBLY WERE DISCRIMINATED

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AGAINST AT THESE RESTAURANTS AND

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THAT'S ALL WE KNOW ABOUT THE

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INVESTIGATION SO FAR.

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>> AND QUINN, YOU WRITE ABOUT

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HARASSMENT AND WE MENTIONED

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OVERTIME WITHOUT PAY.

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DESCRIBE SOME OF THE ALLEGATIONS

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FROM THE FORMER EMPLOYEES FOR

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US?

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>> SURE, WE SPOKE TO SEVERAL

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FORMER PARLOR EMPLOYEES WHO

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TALKED ABOUT THE REJECTION

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SECTION ALLEGEDLY THIS WAS A

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SPECIFIC LOCATION IN THE RIVER

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NORTH RESTAURANT WHERE PEOPLE OF

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COLOR WERE SAT LESS VISIBLE

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LOCATION AND WE HEARD ABOUT

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SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND A CULTURE

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OF RETALIATION WHERE IF

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SPECIFICALLY FEMALE SERVERS DID

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NOT LOOK A CERTAIN WAY OR UP TO

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STANDARDS THEY COULD NOT BE

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SCHEDULED THE NEXT WEEK OR

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SCHEDULED BUT ONLY IN A CERTAIN

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SECTIONS THAT WERE NOT AS

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PROFITABLE.

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WE HEARD ABOUT ALLEGATIONS THAT

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AFTER SERVERS WORKED A FULL

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SHIFT THEY WOULD HAVE TO CLOCK

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OUT AND ROLL SILVERWARE UNPAID

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AND WE HEARD FROM EMPLOYEES THAT

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THEY SAY THEY HAD TO WORK MANY

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DOUBLES IN A ROW AS MANY AS 11

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DOUBLES IN A ROW.

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AND AGAIN, PARLOR DENIED ALL OF

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THE ALLEGATIONS AND SAID THEY

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ARE NOT TRUE.

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>> SPEAKING OF PARLOR WE WERE

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ABLE TO SPEAK WITH THE NEW CHIEF

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DIVERSITY OFFICER FORMER WVON

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RADIO HOST MAYS JACKSON.

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>> WE STRONGLY PUSHBACK AGAINST

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OUR COMPANY BEING HAVING RACE --

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BEING A RACIST COMPANY I WILL

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TELL YOU WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT

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SOMETIMES THINGS HAPPEN SO WHAT

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WE WANT TO DO IS DO A SELF

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EXAMINATION AND CHECK MAKE SURE

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THAT OUR POLICIES, PROCESSES AND

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PROCEDURES ARE IN PLACE TO

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INSURE THAT NOTHING LIKE THIS IF

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IT EVER WAS TO HAPPEN, DOESN'T

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HAPPEN AGAIN.

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>> AND QUINN WE DON'T HAVE A LOT

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OF TIME BUT YOU SPOKE TO A

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MANAGER WHAT WAS HER RESPONSE?

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>> SURE.

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WE SPOKE TO TANYA, THE GENERAL

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MANAGER AT WICKER PARK AND SHE

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SAID WHAT MAYS IS SAYING THAT

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THERE'S NO TRUTH TO THE

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ALLEGATIONS AND THAT SHE AS A

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WOMAN OF COLOR WOULD NOT HAVE

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TOLERATED THAT AND SAID THERE

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WAS ONE ALLEGATION WHERE FORMER

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SERVERS SAID THAT MANAGEMENT

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OFTEN KEPT COVID CASES HUSH HUSH

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THAT IF SOMEONE TESTED POSITIVE

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FOR COVID THEY WOULD HAVE TO

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FIND OUT FROM THEIR FELLOW STAFF

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MEMBERS THEY DID NOT HEAR FROM

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MANAGEMENT.

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PARLOR PUSHED BACK ON THAT AND

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TANYA SAID THAT WASN'T TRUE THEY

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NOTIFIED STAFF MEMBERS IF THEY

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HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO COVID.

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>> IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHAT