Employees of the restaurant Los Chilaquiles in Houston’s Heights neighborhood held up protest signs Tuesday morning in front of the restaurant at 702 E 11th St. Workers told Chron that the restaurant’s owner had not paid them in weeks, giving the public a stark look at some of the tension bubbling up nationwide across the food-and-beverage industry.
“We were supposed to get paid every week,” said employee Krista Chavez. “I’ve only been waiting for one Friday. There are people who haven’t been paid in three weeks.”
Others at the protest spoke about their grievances with the restaurant’s owner, Tony Sanchez, including allegations of mistreatment and off-the-cuff terminations…