wage theft
Battle against wage theft heats up in Santa Clara County
June 9, 2014Low-wage hourly employees battling wage theft at Ma Laboratories , a distributor of high-tech products headquartered here, received strong support at a rally June 6.
Read moreWalmart agrees to $21 million settlement in warehouse wage theft case
May 14, 2014The settlement applies to over 1800 workers who worked between 2001 and 2013 at three 100 percent Walmart-dedicated Schneider Logistics distribution centers.
Read moreElon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, unique even among corporate crooks
April 22, 2014Musk is only the most extreme example of the overcompensated corporate crook running U.S. companies on the AFL-CIO's latest Executive Paywatch list.
Read moreLabor group defends workers at military bases against right wing attacks
April 22, 2014The pay hike would start Jan. 1 under new contracts that fast food firms would sign with the military PXs, where military personnel and families buy food and goods at reduced rates.
Read moreHartford fast-food workers protest wage theft
April 8, 2014Fast-food workers and community and faith leaders protested systemic wage theft in the industry, just after the first-ever national poll of fast-food workers showed companies lare stealing money from 89 percent of their employees.
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