Carwash operators routinely violate basic employment laws like those requiring workers be permitted to take rest breaks or have access to shade and clean drinking water…Employees who complain...are often intimidated and threatened…A majority of carwash workers are Latino and immigrants…carwash workers are subject to...constant exposure to water and to dangerous chemicals without protective gear. Workers...have reported severe kidney damage, respiratory problems and nerve deterioration…According to the Community Labor Environmental Action Network (CLEAN)…in Los Angeles…alone there are approximately 10,000 carwash workers that are potentially exposed to this abuse on a daily basis.