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| | New York Daily News - Breaking News - Mon dieu! 21 Club waiters canned cuz they're French? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Three former waiters of Manhattan’s renowned 21 club have sued the posh eatery for more than $5.3 million, saying they were fired because of their ages and because they are French. |
 | | Rene Bordet, 68, and Jean Claude Lesbre, 63, worked at 21 as waiters and floor captains for 10 years until they were fired in 2004, and Yves Thepault, 68, was a waiter at the restaurant for 14 years until he was sacked in 2005, court papers say. |
 | | Court papers say 21, which was a 1920s-era speakeasy, fired Bordet and Lesbre after “fabricated and false allegations of drinking on the job,” while Thepault was let go for “gross insubordination” after an argument with a chef over a hamburger. |
| www.nydailynews.com /front/breaking_news/story/320764p-274313c.html (456 words) |
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