Wage Theft in America: Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid - And What We Can Do About It
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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. The scope of these abuses is staggering—paying employees far less than the legal minimum wage, purposefully misclassifying employees as independent contractors, illegally denying workers overtime pay—but there are ways to respond. Nationally-recognized labor activist Kim Bobo’s Wage Theft in America is an incisive handbook for organizers, workers, and concerned citizens on how to prevent the flagrant exploitation of America’s working people. Offering a sweeping analysis of the crisis and providing concrete solutions, with special attention to what a new Presidential administration can do, Wage Theft in America addresses one of the gravest issues facing workers in the 21st-century.
1 The crisis of wage theft 32 How employers steal wages 233 Why employers steal wages 424 How U.S. labor laws fail workers 555 Organizing to stop wage theft : why unions matter 736 Workers centers : front lines against wage theft 887 The Department of Labor - more important than ever 1078 Frances Perkins : more than a building 1339 Punishing wage theft and rewarding leaders 14410 A new vision for the Department of Labor 16111 Stopping wage theft is good for America 19312 You can make a difference 206App. A Department of Labor wage and hour settlements 225App. B Private wage and hour lawsuits 259App. C Catholic labor schools 266App. D Workers centers and legal clinics 270App. E Faith body positions on wages and working conditions 277App. F National organizations fighting wage theft 287App. G Congregational study guide for Wage theft in America 294Notes 301
