Según una investigación, Torrance Car Wash, no pagaba a los empleados horas extras y no les daba los descansos para comer.

The State of California Labor Commissioner's Office announced Wednesday that it has cited and fined the owners of Torrance Car Wash.

For years, car wash owners denied rest breaks, shorted workers on overtime and ordered them to show up with no pay on gray days.

Nearly 200 workers at 23 Southern California car washes have signed collective bargaining agreements with their bosses, and campaigns are underway at other outlets. A new state law is fueling the trend by exempting unionized car washes from posting hefty wage-theft bonds.

Two brothers who own four LA car washes were sentenced to a year in jail last week and ordered to pay workers $1.25 million. The verdict came after a plea agreement that settled 172 charges of criminal and labor-law violations, and shows the increasing heft of a long-running Steelworkers campaign to organize car-wash workers in the city.