This week in the war on workers: Many workers paid below minimum wage, even though thats illegal ::posted Sat, 06 Dec 2014 18:55:04 +0000:: ift.tt/1q8gUg0 rss@dailykos (Laura Clawson) Minimum-wage violations are, for instance, suuuper common in fast food. Steven Greenhouse shows why its such a shame hes leaving the New York Times (more on that below), with a story on what he politely calls minimum-wage violations and others would call wage theft: The United States Labor Department says that a new study shows that between 3.5 and 6.5 percent of all the wage and salary workers in California and New York are paid less than the minimum wage. [...] The minimum-wage violations in those two states translate into $20 million to $29 million in lost income per week, the study concluded. Those amounts represent 38 percent of the income of the victimized workers in New York and 49 percent of the income of victimized workers in California. This has material consequences, as workers who are not paid what they are legally owed are impoverished by these violations of wage laws, and are in turn forced to rely more heavily on government assistance. Theres also a fundamental question of respect, for the workers and their time, and for the laws of this nation that say employers are required to pay the minimum wage and, where applicable, overtime. And we need more reporters covering stories like this instead of centering economic reporting on bosses and billionaires, which is why—circling back to where I started—its such a shame to see the Times lose Greenhouse. More of the weeks labor and education news below the fold. [Forwarded by the MyLeftBlogosphere news engine. Link to original post below:]
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 09:19:42 +0000
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