“#Employers are operating with no consequence”: #Wagetheft was also a problem in the #healthcare industry ($28.4 million); #construction ($27.6 million); #janitorial services and #retail stores ($5.9 million each); and supermarkets and convenience stores ($5.8 million).
#CareEconomy #BetterWorld #AllJobsShouldBeUnionJobs
#CapitalismExploitsLabor #capitalismiskillingtheplanet
https://www.propublica.org/article/thousands-of-new-york-workers-have-been-victims-of-wage-theft
ProPublica127,000 New York Workers Have Been Victims of Wage TheftAn analysis of federal and state databases sheds new light on the prevalence and scale of wage theft in New York restaurants and other industries, placing the total wages stolen in one five-year period at more than $203 million.