Kim Bobo

New Wage Theft Laws Protect Workers

David Callahan | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: National Employment Law Project, Kim Bobo, Minimum Wage, Wage Theft Laws, Wage Theft Prevention Act, Annette Bernhardt, Labor Laws, Washington Wage Theft Law, Interfaith Worker Justice, Overtime, New York Wage Theft Law, Politics News
David Callahan

Cheating workers out of fairly-earned wages is about as low as things get. In most places in America, employers still face few penalties for wage theft allowing the epidemic to continue.

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BREAKING: 'Slave-like' State Fair Scandal, Wage Theft Epidemic, Spur Nationwide Protests

Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kim Bobo, Labor, Workers, Corporations, Third World America, Economy, Wage Theft, Labor Department, Hilda Solis, Department of Labor, Afl-Cio, Obama, Interfaith Worker Justice, Unions, Business News
Art Levine

As much as $19 billion is stolen from American workers annually in unpaid overtime and minimum wage violations. Wage theft is one of the most dramatic problems reflecting the income inequality described in Arianna Huffington's Third World America .

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Dick Cheney Battles Clergy Over Employee Free Choice Act

Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kim Bobo, Big Business, Jim Wallis, Employee Free Choice Act, Clergy, Afl-Cio, Chamber of Commerce, Pope, Seiu, Politics News
Art Levine

Dick Cheney's remarks Tuesday attacking the Employee Free Choice Act aired on the same day as a new coalition of religious leaders pressed the case for the pro-worker legislation.

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