Daily Archives: April 10, 2012

Firm Owner Faces Five Years for Failure to Pay Workers

Danbury firm that failed to pay seven workers could cost company owner up to five years in prison. By Mark Langlois | Source: Danbury.Patch.com In one case of failing to pay workers, mind a Danbury businessman, Douglas Agnessanto, of Performance Cleaners, 1 Padanaram Road, owed $26,896.87 to three workers for work they did in 2009,…

Teaching Danbury’s Day Laborers ‘Self Defense’

An ESL class in Danbury mirrors a national trend to help day laborers get paid. By Mark Langlois | April 9, 2012 | Source: Danbury.Patch.com Jose Chillogalli was hired last year by a chimney sweep company at $15 per hour. The 32-year-old Ecuador native cleaned four or five chimneys per day for about three weeks.…