Wage Theft In America: Why Millions of Americans Are Not Getting Paid—And What We Can Do About It“This book will give you an entirely new perspective on work in America.” —Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed In what has been described as “the crime wave no one talks about,” billions of dollars’ worth of wages are stolen from millions of workers in the United States every year—a grand theft that exceeds every other larceny category. Even the Economic Policy Foundation, a business-funded think tank, has estimated that companies annually steal an incredible $19 billion in unpaid overtime. The scope of these abuses is staggering, but activists, unions, and policymakers—along with everyday Americans in congregations and towns across the country—have begun to take notice. While the first edition of Wage Theft In America documented the scope of the problem, this new edition adds the latest research on wage theft and tells what community, religious, and labor activists are now doing to address the crisis—from passing state and local wage-theft bills to establishing mayoral task forces and tapping agencies that help low-wage workers in spotting wage theft. Citing hard-hitting statistics and heartbreaking first-person accounts of exploitation at the hands of employers, this updated edition of Wage Theft In America offers concrete solutions and a roadmap for putting an end to this insidious practice. |
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Contents
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Payroll Fraud | 1696 |
Why Employers Steal Wages | 1717 |
Strengthening Enforcement | 1732 |
How U S Labor Laws Fail Workers | 1733 |
Why Unions | 1752 |
Lessons from Frances Perkins | 1825 |
More Important | 1838 |
Strengthening State Enforcement | 1898 |
Strengthening Local Enforcement | 1927 |
Stopping Wage Theft Is Good for America | 1944 |
You Can Make a Difference | 1960 |
APPENDICES | 1981 |
Notes | |
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Wage Theft in America: Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting ... Kim Bobo Limited preview - 2011 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Wage Theft In America: Why Millions of Americans Are Not Getting Paid—And What We Can Do About It |
| Author | Kim Bobo |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | The New Press, 2014 |
| ISBN | 1595588078, 9781595588074 |
| Length | 258 pages |
| Subjects | › › Law / Labor & Employment Political Science / Labor & Industrial Relations Political Science / Political Process / Political Advocacy |
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