His doors arent open for the regular Joe and Janes who need a suit cleaned or a dress steamed.
Thats all we do.
you might ask around.
(L-R) Nick and Dmitry Tokar.Getty/Courtesy
Weve probably one of the biggest in town as far as overnight.
Weve done all theNCISes, as well asSWAT, 911, Lone Star… you name it.
We were doing all the Marvel shows, and not just dry cleaning, but dyeing as well.
He also moved some of his employees to part-time status.
My employees are not happy because in this industry theres a lot of overtime.
Now I cant pay them overtime.
Im just keeping them at 40 hours, guaranteed.
I dont know how much longer Im going to be able to financially go.
Everybody needs to eat.
Everybody needs to pay their rent.
This is my third strike, he says.
During the 2007-08 writers strike we were still working.
I mean, we had to lay off a few people but we were still working.
I experienced a Teamsters strike before that but there were certain shows that were still filming.
It was never to the point it is now, where theres absolutely nothing.
I maintained the whole entire crew, every single person for two months.
I will lose my core people, my managers, who have been with me for over 20 years.
He is mostly worried about his oldest son, Nick, who joined his business two years ago.
What does the future hold for him?
But how can they resolve anything when nobodys talking?
Thats the biggest problem.
The longer its going to take, more people will struggle.
Thats all it is.
Its just a struggle.
