Chinese Immigrant: Lai Wah Heen

Lai Wah Heen: Before this job, I didnt have benefits, said the 60-year-old Chinese immigrant. I didnt have anything. Only the wage, according to The Star. They said they were closing the whole department, said Chu, who currently relies on loans to cover his familys basic expenses. They didnt say it was reopening. If it was, they needed to hire me again and For 17 years, Ricky Chu served the lauded dim sum at Lai Wah Heen restaurant with a smile. The unionized job at the Metropolitan Hotel eatery fed his kids, after all. When a new owner took over the hotel in January, the high-end restaurant was shut down. Chu lost his job. But he considered it salt in the wound when Lai Wah Heen reopened in March without him or ten other servers who were laid off. In their place was a non-unionized staff. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.