Why hire the first Latinx restaurant critic in the history of the L.A. Times and then pay them so much less for doing the exact same work?” she tweeted. “I refuse to let this discrimination stand.
It is immoral, unethical, and illegal.”In the thread, Escarcega recounts how she filed a pay discrimination claim through the L.A.
Times Guild six months ago after discovering she was being paid two-thirds of what fellow critic Bill Addison was being paid.
Both Addison and Escarcega were hired two years ago to replace late longtime critic Jonathan Gold, with Addison coming to the Times after serving as the national food critic at Eater, while Escarcega came from the same position at the Phoenix New Times.Also Read: LA Times Executive Editor Norman.