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Please don't wait around for your pay. Go after it with the fangs out, and now![/QUOTE]
I agree with this. Its important that the employees at Avantair stick together, stay in touch with each other, and research their options. Strength in numbers. I would start by contacting the local state labor department. They can't ignore 500 people, all with the same complaint. Management is hoping and assuming you guys won't put up a fight.
Don't give in. These slime balls knowingly strung you along with no intent of paying what you are owed. That's dishonest, misleading, and out right fraudulent.