Lupe Garcia Guzman struggled to support her six children on $8.75 a hour, a battle worsened by years of mistreatment by her employer, Carl's Jr. The fast-food chain is part of the CKE Restaurants empire run by President-elect Trump's nominee for labor secretary, Andrew Puzder. Guzman testified Tuesday at a forum hosted by U.S. Senate Democrats that her paycheck was shortchanged for a year—money she said she never got back, even after she begged her manager for the money she had earned. When Guzman asked to work at a store closer to her Las Vegas home, she said she was demoted. The 47-year-old shift worker was among the current and former employees who described the work environment at CKE Restaurants, the parent company of chains including Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, at the Democrats' forum.