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  1. He Went After Trump. Now He’s Going After Bad Bosses. -

    documentedny.com/2026/05/08/al

    > Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s Worker Protection Unit is treating wage theft as a crime.
    #wageTheft #NYC

  2. Many California workers are discovering they've been unpaid for hours worked, including off-the-clock tasks and missed breaks. It's crucial to document your hours, as California law mandates payment for all work done. With stronger enforcement coming in 2026, now is the time to gather evidence and understand your rights. Don’t leave money on the table!

    #California #WageTheft #WorkersRights #UnpaidWages #LongBeach

    ...
    calunitedlaw.com/long-beach-wo

  3. Many California workers are discovering they've been unpaid for hours worked, including off-the-clock tasks and missed breaks. It's crucial to document your hours, as California law mandates payment for all work done. With stronger enforcement coming in 2026, now is the time to gather evidence and understand your rights. Don’t leave money on the table!

    #California #WageTheft #WorkersRights #UnpaidWages #LongBeach

    ...
    calunitedlaw.com/long-beach-wo

  4. Many California workers are discovering they've been unpaid for hours worked, including off-the-clock tasks and missed breaks. It's crucial to document your hours, as California law mandates payment for all work done. With stronger enforcement coming in 2026, now is the time to gather evidence and understand your rights. Don’t leave money on the table!

    #California #WageTheft #WorkersRights #UnpaidWages #LongBeach

    ...
    calunitedlaw.com/long-beach-wo

  5. Latina Caller’s Pain Is Real—But Trump’s Immigration Cruelty Solves Nothing

    Fraud harmed one family, but mass deportation harms millions. Here’s the real immigration solution America ignores.

    #EconomicJustice #fraud #ICE #identityTheft #immigration #laborRights #LatinoVoters #MedicareFraud #Politics #ProgressivePolitics #SocialSecurity #Trump #undocumentedImmigrants #wageTheft #workersRights wp.me/p1OjMZ-oTQ
  6. Many restaurant workers in Monterey Park fear that speaking up about unpaid wages or missed breaks might lead to job loss. However, California law protects you from retaliation for asserting your rights. Understanding your legal protections empowers you to report violations without fear. Know your rights, and remember that you cannot be punished for advocating for fair pay. #WorkersRights #CaliforniaLaw #FairPay #WageTheft #MontereyPark

    Visit our website to read the full article.

  7. Your Boss is Stealing From You

    youtube.com/shorts/1NF2fKiqCAg

    Your boss could be stealing tens of thousands of dollars straight out of your paycheck.Every year, an estimated 10-30% of employers rig the system...

    #Wagetheft #Loophole #Misclassification #W2 #Contractor #Benefits #Protections #Unions

  8. Your Boss is Stealing From You

    youtube.com/shorts/1NF2fKiqCAg

    Your boss could be stealing tens of thousands of dollars straight out of your paycheck.Every year, an estimated 10-30% of employers rig the system...

    #Wagetheft #Loophole #Misclassification #W2 #Contractor #Benefits #Protections #Unions

  9. Your Boss is Stealing From You

    youtube.com/shorts/1NF2fKiqCAg

    Your boss could be stealing tens of thousands of dollars straight out of your paycheck.Every year, an estimated 10-30% of employers rig the system...

    #Wagetheft #Loophole #Misclassification #W2 #Contractor #Benefits #Protections #Unions

  10. Your Boss is Stealing From You

    youtube.com/shorts/1NF2fKiqCAg

    Your boss could be stealing tens of thousands of dollars straight out of your paycheck.Every year, an estimated 10-30% of employers rig the system...

    #Wagetheft #Loophole #Misclassification #W2 #Contractor #Benefits #Protections #Unions

  11. Your Boss is Stealing From You

    youtube.com/shorts/1NF2fKiqCAg

    Your boss could be stealing tens of thousands of dollars straight out of your paycheck.Every year, an estimated 10-30% of employers rig the system...

    #Wagetheft #Loophole #Misclassification #W2 #Contractor #Benefits #Protections #Unions

  12. Healthcare workers in Glendale often face the stress of long shifts and unclear compensation. Understanding California's overtime pay laws is crucial for protecting your rights and income. Key takeaways include knowing your eligibility for overtime pay, recognizing wage theft, and understanding the legal steps you can take if your rights are violated. Stay informed and advocate for fair compensation! #Healthcare #WageTheft #Overtime #CaliforniaLaw #WorkersRights

    Visit our website to read th...

  13. Unpaid off-the-clock work is a serious issue for warehouse workers in California, despite strong labor laws. Workers are entitled to compensation for all work, including tasks done before or after clocking in. Documenting unpaid tasks is crucial for reclaiming lost wages. Knowing your rights and seeking legal support can help combat wage theft. #WageTheft #CaliforniaLaw #WorkersRights #LaborJustice #ElMonte

    Visit our website to read the full article.

  14. @Elizafox FWIW, the psychology behind wage discrimination is pretty weird.

    A lot of people believe wage-paying to not be a side of a commercial transaction, as the capitalism's official doctrine says, but funding of a lifestyle "appropriate" to the labourer's social standing. And at that point, all the sexist and classist ideas about what kind of people "deserve" what levels of living come in. Oftentimes, #WageTheft is "justified" by the same mechanism: since laws require paying a Designated Poverty-Deserving Person(tm) more than poverty wage, a manager believes the laws to be wrong and deserving to be ignored. You never see a major company's CEO's wage being thieved: #Patriarchy's ideas about a CEO's expected lifestyle say that he [sic] deserves everything that he can get.

    Authoritarian ideologies don't just do "It's impossible to do X, therefore it's very important to harshly punish everybody who does X", they also go "Inequity happens naturally, theferore we must work hard to ensure that inequity happens".

    #RWA #SDO #DoubleHigh

  15. 53+ years of #wagetheft Unfair

    “Junior pay rates" applied to people below the age of 21, meaning 18-year-olds were paid 70 per cent of the award rate, 80 per cent for 19-year-olds and 90 per cent for 20-year-olds.
    abc.net.au/news/2026-03-31/fai

    (Notes:
    1973, Australia’s voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 by the Labor Government.
    1 July 2025, National Minimum Wage $24.95 per hour or $948 per week.)

    Context:
    fairwork.gov.au/pay-and-wages/

    #Capitalism #juniorpay #minimumwage #wages #workingpoor

  16. The Disney overtime settlement ($233M, approved Sept 2025) highlights systematic misclassification: thousands of employees labeled "exempt" when their actual duties didn't meet CA's strict tests. Important reminder: California requires 50%+ time on genuine management/professional duties for exemption. Salary + title ≠ automatic exemption. Many workers are owed years of back overtime. #CaliforniaLaborLaw #WorkersRights #WageTheft #Overtime

  17. 🚨 At-will employment doesn't strip away your wage protections. California workers have the right to fair pay, overtime compensation, and protection from retaliation under Labor Code Section 98.6. If your employer threatens your job for reporting wage violations, that's illegal. #WorkersRights #WageTheft #LaborLaw #CaliforniaEmployment

  18. M onash University has to pay 1/2 million in unpaid wages to academics in a landmark settlement. Hear Michael Ciaravolo one of the two lead applicants about the win in a court case sparked by the #NTEU.

    Dec 3rd International Disability Day. #DisabledWorkers experience disability through work place accidents often have a hard road to walk. Hear Danielle who found balance after years of struggle.

    3cr.org.au/sticktogether/episo

    #WageTheft nteu.au/News_Articles/Media_Re

    #3CR #communityRadio #educationworkers

  19. M onash University has to pay 1/2 million in unpaid wages to academics in a landmark settlement. Hear Michael Ciaravolo one of the two lead applicants about the win in a court case sparked by the #NTEU.

    Dec 3rd International Disability Day. #DisabledWorkers experience disability through work place accidents often have a hard road to walk. Hear Danielle who found balance after years of struggle.

    3cr.org.au/sticktogether/episo

    #WageTheft nteu.au/News_Articles/Media_Re

    #3CR #communityRadio #educationworkers

  20. M onash University has to pay 1/2 million in unpaid wages to academics in a landmark settlement. Hear Michael Ciaravolo one of the two lead applicants about the win in a court case sparked by the #NTEU.

    Dec 3rd International Disability Day. #DisabledWorkers experience disability through work place accidents often have a hard road to walk. Hear Danielle who found balance after years of struggle.

    3cr.org.au/sticktogether/episo

    #WageTheft nteu.au/News_Articles/Media_Re

    #3CR #communityRadio #educationworkers

  21. M onash University has to pay 1/2 million in unpaid wages to academics in a landmark settlement. Hear Michael Ciaravolo one of the two lead applicants about the win in a court case sparked by the #NTEU.

    Dec 3rd International Disability Day. #DisabledWorkers experience disability through work place accidents often have a hard road to walk. Hear Danielle who found balance after years of struggle.

    3cr.org.au/sticktogether/episo

    #WageTheft nteu.au/News_Articles/Media_Re

    #3CR #communityRadio #educationworkers

  22. M onash University has to pay 1/2 million in unpaid wages to academics in a landmark settlement. Hear Michael Ciaravolo one of the two lead applicants about the win in a court case sparked by the #NTEU.

    Dec 3rd International Disability Day. #DisabledWorkers experience disability through work place accidents often have a hard road to walk. Hear Danielle who found balance after years of struggle.

    3cr.org.au/sticktogether/episo

    #WageTheft nteu.au/News_Articles/Media_Re

    #3CR #communityRadio #educationworkers

  23. @FeloniousPunk
    And that statistic, FeloniousPunk, is one of the reasons why the evil trolls at Project 2025 painted a target on the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau's back, and why the Trump regime destroyed it.
    #CFPB #Project2026 #WageTheft #TrumpRegime #USPolitics #USEconomy

  24. According to the community, wage theft is systematic. The labor board ignores wage theft from amazon. Amazon is stealing time from thousands of employees. Our government does nothing Anyone shocked? #work #theft #money #amazon #fraud #wagetheft #systematic #job #lawyer #stupid #rich #noncompliance

  25. There are many reasons why cabin crew/flight attendants do not accept tips.

    1. Flight attendants are trained and certified professionals who ensures passenger safety, security, etc. during flights.

    2. The airlines would find a way to exploit that, too.

    mastodon.world/@somecanuckchic

    #cdnpoli #polcan #wagetheft #exploitation #unpaidwork #unpaidlabour #aircanada

  26. There are many reasons why cabin crew/flight attendants do not accept tips.

    1. Flight attendants are trained and certified professionals who ensures passenger safety, security, etc. during flights.

    2. The airlines would find a way to exploit that, too.

    mastodon.world/@somecanuckchic

    #cdnpoli #polcan #wagetheft #exploitation #unpaidwork #unpaidlabour #aircanada

  27. There are many reasons why cabin crew/flight attendants do not accept tips.

    1. Flight attendants are trained and certified professionals who ensures passenger safety, security, etc. during flights.

    2. The airlines would find a way to exploit that, too.

    mastodon.world/@somecanuckchic

    #cdnpoli #polcan #wagetheft #exploitation #unpaidwork #unpaidlabour #aircanada

  28. There are many reasons why cabin crew/flight attendants do not accept tips.

    1. Flight attendants are trained and certified professionals who ensures passenger safety, security, etc. during flights.

    2. The airlines would find a way to exploit that, too.

    mastodon.world/@somecanuckchic

    #cdnpoli #polcan #wagetheft #exploitation #unpaidwork #unpaidlabour #aircanada

  29. There are many reasons why cabin crew/flight attendants do not accept tips.

    1. Flight attendants are trained and certified professionals who ensures passenger safety, security, etc. during flights.

    2. The airlines would find a way to exploit that, too.

    mastodon.world/@somecanuckchic

    #cdnpoli #polcan #wagetheft #exploitation #unpaidwork #unpaidlabour #aircanada

  30. Consultations?!?

    Shouldn't it be a Crown inquiry into the #wagetheft and #exploitation of Canadians in the industry?

    If the government is truly aware of the allegations, then they know the allegations go back AT LEAST as far as the Harper government... that means it spans decades... let's hear from every single one of them.

    canada.ca/en/employment-social #cdnpoli #polcan #unpaidwork #unpaidlabour #aircanada

  31. Consultations?!?

    Shouldn't it be a Crown inquiry into the #wagetheft and #exploitation of Canadians in the industry?

    If the government is truly aware of the allegations, then they know the allegations go back AT LEAST as far as the Harper government... that means it spans decades... let's hear from every single one of them.

    canada.ca/en/employment-social #cdnpoli #polcan #unpaidwork #unpaidlabour #aircanada

  32. Consultations?!?

    Shouldn't it be a Crown inquiry into the #wagetheft and #exploitation of Canadians in the industry?

    If the government is truly aware of the allegations, then they know the allegations go back AT LEAST as far as the Harper government... that means it spans decades... let's hear from every single one of them.

    canada.ca/en/employment-social #cdnpoli #polcan #unpaidwork #unpaidlabour #aircanada

  33. Consultations?!?

    Shouldn't it be a Crown inquiry into the #wagetheft and #exploitation of Canadians in the industry?

    If the government is truly aware of the allegations, then they know the allegations go back AT LEAST as far as the Harper government... that means it spans decades... let's hear from every single one of them.

    canada.ca/en/employment-social #cdnpoli #polcan #unpaidwork #unpaidlabour #aircanada

  34. Consultations?!?

    Shouldn't it be a Crown inquiry into the #wagetheft and #exploitation of Canadians in the industry?

    If the government is truly aware of the allegations, then they know the allegations go back AT LEAST as far as the Harper government... that means it spans decades... let's hear from every single one of them.

    canada.ca/en/employment-social #cdnpoli #polcan #unpaidwork #unpaidlabour #aircanada

  35. Why isn't this considered wage theft? "“All Common Stock will be canceled for no consideration and all Options will be canceled and extinguished for no consideration,” "

    Apparently employees were given stock options, and were encouraged to buy stock - ALL shares held by employees were Common Stock. When Private Equity bought the company, the shares were declared worthless (of course the the CEO, etc all will receive payouts).

    missionlocal.org/2025/07/philz

    Creative #WageTheft & #BrokenPromises brought to you by #PrivateEquity

  36. While not surprising, overturning wage theft rules is goal of DOL as of June 27. In Seattle primary August 5, candidates for City Attorney, mayor and two council vacancies on my ballot have solutions in their platforms.
    #wagetheft #DepartmentofLabor #Seattleprimary

    portside.org/2025-07-19/labor-

  37. @trogluur

    Because ALL crime and punishment is #political. And power isn't held to the same standard as the rest of us.

    #Wagetheft (employer cuts time illegally from worker time cards) is the largest theft type, even when adding all other theft together.

    Steal $100 from the register? You get arrested and criminal matter.

    Employer steals from employee $100 by manipulating time cards? Oh that's a civil matter. Hope you can afford a lawsuit and loss of your job.

    Murder is also a #socialconstruct.

    If you poison someone else and they die, its murder.

    If you make policy that leeches lead and poisons a whole city, and kills many, you get a governorship in Michigan, and a fellow at Harvard.

  38. For every #dollar #shoplifted there's 5$ in #wagetheft and 100$ in #tax evasion
    Just in case you were wondering what the actual #crime wave is and who the actual #criminals are
    t.me/Fallsac/55367

  39. INVISIBLE AND UNPAID
    May 18, 2025

    I didn’t stop creating because I gave up. I stopped because the system made sure my work would never be seen, and never be paid. I covered all the production costs. I worked full-time for over a year. YouTube kept everything — the control, the visibility, the revenue — and gave me silence in return. No warning. No transparency. No income. If this is the creator economy, it runs on unpaid labor and buried voices. I wrote about it. And I wrote it for those who’ve lived it too.
    ¯

    _
    WHEN PLATFORMS PROFIT FROM YOUR WORK AND WARN NO ONE

    I didn’t go bankrupt because of mismanagement. I went bankrupt because my editorial manager repeatedly refused to pay me for my work. I covered all the costs: hosting, tools, software, thumbnails, editing, promotion — everything. I kept producing under pressure, with no contract, no salary, and no support. YouTube does not reward effort. You can invest ten times more time and resources — it won’t change anything. The algorithm doesn’t care. The platform has no conscience. And while empathy is optional in business, fair compensation isn’t. In labor law, an employer cannot both suppress your work and refuse to share the profits it generates (and yet, it needs to be made clear: the profit doesn’t come from your invisible video — it comes from the virality of the system itself, which drives millions of people to join the gold rush in pursuit of “YouTube money.”).

    I’m not asking YouTube to give away 100% of its revenue. But paying €0 for 18 months of full-time work, or $0.98 for 215 hours on Twitch, is not a business model. It’s wage theft. This is not a single bad experience. This is the systemic failure of the freelance model. Not a store exploiting ten interns — but millions of creators, educators, and artists being denied recognition and value at scale. And if my work weren’t buried, I could at least try to monetize it elsewhere: through sponsors, clients, partnerships, sales. But being both invisible and unpaid removes every option. No visibility. No leverage. No survival. And worst of all, no one warns you. YouTube Studio never says: “Most of you will never be paid. Proceed without expecting compensation.” There’s no alert: “Your content may be suppressed, ignored, or discarded — regardless of quality.” No disclaimer. No warning. No informed consent. Yet the consequences are real: creators invest months or years before realizing they were never meant to be seen, never meant to earn, never even meant to exist in the system. No recognition. No value. No dignity. Just silence — automated and monetized.
    ¯

    _
    ||#HSLdiary #HSLmichael

    #YouTube #Creators #UnpaidWork #Freelance #Algorithm #WageTheft

  40. Alexander Crummel, Episcopal priest. comments on moral progress across Christian history. He says that a major marker of this progress is that Christian states, from principles of humanity, have condemned the slave trade.

    A sect in Christianity, which is increasing in political influence, has bristled at teaching the history of slavery, even revered pro-slavery theologians.

    How can you contribute to moral progress?
    #christian #empaths #wagetheft #allofgrace #RespectGod

  41. Plutes gunna Plute
    (A #plutocrat is a plute)

    “Tonight I am going to speak on the #classstruggle and I am going to make it so plain that even a lawyer can understand it."- Bill Haywood #IWW

    #SurplusValue is #unpaidlabor

    #Profits = #wagetheft.

    Capitalists - capos - have dollars they didn't work for, because the exploited work for dollars they do not get.

    #BlameCapitalism #workingpoor #richpeoplesyachtmoney

  42. Plutes gunna Plute
    (A #plutocrat is a plute)

    “Tonight I am going to speak on the #classstruggle and I am going to make it so plain that even a lawyer can understand it."- Bill Haywood #IWW

    #SurplusValue is #unpaidlabor

    #Profits = #wagetheft.

    Capitalists - capos - have dollars they didn't work for, because the exploited work for dollars they do not get.

    #BlameCapitalism #workingpoor #richpeoplesyachtmoney

  43. Plutes gunna Plute
    (A #plutocrat is a plute)

    “Tonight I am going to speak on the #classstruggle and I am going to make it so plain that even a lawyer can understand it."- Bill Haywood #IWW

    #SurplusValue is #unpaidlabor

    #Profits = #wagetheft.

    Capitalists - capos - have dollars they didn't work for, because the exploited work for dollars they do not get.

    #BlameCapitalism #workingpoor #richpeoplesyachtmoney