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	Wins Workers Get $337,000 in Back Wages From Lockbox By Ji Hyun Lim | AsianWeek Staff Writer For 18 months, 250 former employees of Wins of California, — a San Francisco garment company — the Wins bankruptcy trustee and GE Capital Commercial Services, Inc. battled one another in court for the monies owed to them by the now defunct factory owned by Anna Wong and Jimmy Quan. The opposing parties finally settled on an agreement on Dec. 31 that will compensate Wins workers in the sum of $337,000. Under the agreement, GE Capital and the bankruptcy trustee will receive only 20 percent of the $422,000 in the lockbox that was created after confiscating money from goods made by unpaid workers and from the liquidation of factory equipment. The Department of Labor (DOL) declared that the struggle to obtain money from the lockbox has been settled and that workers will finally be compensated for wages owed to them. Currently, this written agreement is waiting to be formally approved by the U.S. District Court in San Francisco. COMPLETE STORY...		Korean Centennial (Feature) Communities Brace for Second INS Registration Deadline (in National News) Wins Workers Get $337,000 in Back Wages From Lockbox (in Bay Area News) Matsui Heads for the Bronx: Frog, Prince or Toad? (in Sports) Look Out! Films to see in 2003 (in A&E) Emil Amok: In Defense of the Short and Fat (in Opinion)

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Adachi Sworn Into Public Defender’s Office After a long battle, Adachi promises to focus on work By May Chow | AsianWeek Staff Writer Jeff Adachi’s uphill battle for San Francisco’s Office of the Public Defender came to fruition on Friday night with his inauguration at City Hall. Hundreds packed the Legislative Chambers and South Light court to witness what many called history being made. Applause was in order for Adachi’s inauguration, as speaker after speaker praised Adachi for his compassion and dedication to his work and clients.

Chinese American Newspaper Disputes Unionization Daily news says no to unionized writers. Zero Tolerance A report on school harrassment, post Sept. 11.

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