Wage theft is a national epidemic: It’s estimated that $30 billion or more is stolen from U.S. workers every year by employers. In San Francisco, the Board of Supervisors yesterday took a major step to prevent wage theft and protect low-wage workers by unanimously approving the Wage Theft Prevention Ordinance. Mayor Edwin Lee still has …
Good News for Wage-Theft Victims in San Francisco Read More »
A Domestic Workers Rights bill is winding through California’s Capitol. This week the California Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee voted in favor (5-2) of a domestic rights bill, but some tough concessions have been made, including the removal of vacation and sick day provisions from the bill. One former domestic worker told KPFA: “In …
Domestic Workers Rights Bill Moves Forward in California Read More »
SAN FRANCISCO—More than 50 former workers at a now-defunct supermarket chain in Santa Clara County (aka Silicon Valley and San Jose) are suing their former employer for unpaid wages. The two-store chain went bankrupt after being open less than three years and receiving half a million dollars in assistance from the city’s economic development department. …
Mexican Grocery Chain Workers Sue for Unpaid Wages in Silicon Valley Read More »
A new report issued by the Immigration Policy Center, “Deeper into the Shadows: The Unintended Consequence of Immigration Worksite Enforcement,” examines what happens to workers after an I-9 audit, wherein the federal governmet inspects employment eligibility forms employers keep on file for each worker. The results aren’t pretty. Aftermath of an audit In Minneapolis, 1,200 …
‘Deeper Into the Shadows’: The Aftermath of ICE’s Audits and Enforcement Strategy Read More »
As the new year begins, it’s as good a time as any to look at a topic almost completely ignored by mainstream media: how Native American people are faring in the U.S. labor market. The economy and its paucity of jobs dominated U.S. headlines throughout 2010, but news media overlooked the particularly difficult experiences of …
The State of Native America: Very Unemployed and Mostly Ignored Read More »
Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.
