Comments on: Fighting Wage Theft in New York http://grittv.org/2010/03/03/fighting-wage-theft-in-new-york/ Cultivating a Better Conversation Sat, 14 May 2011 01:31:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: shadow http://grittv.org/2010/03/03/fighting-wage-theft-in-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-2393 shadow Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:48:48 +0000 http://www.grittv.org/?p=4942#comment-2393 when I letft school and started working.I learned very quickly not to trust anyone.Poeple will cheat and lie to you at every oppertunity.I was fortunate enough to have been the son and grandson of Union menbers.Attempts to cheat me didnot get very far. when I letft school and started working.I learned very quickly not to trust anyone.Poeple will cheat and lie to you at every oppertunity.I was fortunate enough to have been the son and grandson of Union menbers.Attempts to cheat me didnot get very far.

]]> By: criticiseafterdinner http://grittv.org/2010/03/03/fighting-wage-theft-in-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-2294 criticiseafterdinner Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:53:13 +0000 http://www.grittv.org/?p=4942#comment-2294 I remember a case where an IWW member worked at a car wash and didn't get paid for a week's pay, I think in Chicago. The IWW picketed and blocked the entry of the car wash, shutting it down. After only the first few hours, the thieving boss relented as paid the worker his wages. (He hadn't been fired or reprimanded, it was simply a case of wage theft). Most workers don't have some organized group to help, or legal assistance. Wage theft hurts lots of workers, from mostly immigrant day laborers to plenty of others. I've even had some cases. Yet the bosses post cameras on their workers and pay into a cottage industry of preventing 'theft' by poorly paid workers! I remember a case where an IWW member worked at a car wash and didn’t get paid for a week’s pay, I think in Chicago. The IWW picketed and blocked the entry of the car wash, shutting it down. After only the first few hours, the thieving boss relented as paid the worker his wages. (He hadn’t been fired or reprimanded, it was simply a case of wage theft).

Most workers don’t have some organized group to help, or legal assistance. Wage theft hurts lots of workers, from mostly immigrant day laborers to plenty of others. I’ve even had some cases. Yet the bosses post cameras on their workers and pay into a cottage industry of preventing ‘theft’ by poorly paid workers!

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