Immigrants Navigate The Painstaking Process Of Getting Back Unpaid Wages
Immigrants face wage theft at almost twice the rate of citizens, though it’s a problem that affects all kinds of workers. The Economic...
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- May 30, 2019
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Texan advocacy group fighting to recoup unpaid wages
Elizabeth Trovall May 30, 2019 American workers lose billions of dollars to wage theft each year — as much as $50 billion in 2016,...
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- May 24, 2019
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Local domestic worker becomes national worker rights leader
By Ileana Najarro, Houston Chronicle, Published May 24, 2019 Julia De Leon kneeled on the kitchen floor of a Bellaire house, scrubbing it...
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- May 2, 2019
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More than 970 labor violations self-reported in Houston in 2018
Ileana Najarro with Houston Chronicle May 1, 2019 A worker who was owed $3,305 in wages from her employer never recovered the money after...
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- May 1, 2019
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Robo de salario, acoso sexual y discriminación, los flagelos que han sufrido cientos de trabajadores
UNIVISION 1 May 2019 – 1:40 PM EDT Durante el Día Internacional del Trabajo, la organización Fe y Justicia presentó su reporte acerca de...
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- Apr 24, 2019
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New Houston worker protection program launched
By Ileana Najarro on April 23, 2019 One worker was inside an industrial shredder unjamming the machine that should have been turned off....
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- Apr 24, 2019
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In Light Of Worker Deaths, City Of Houston Is Improving Worker Standards For Housing Projects
Texas leads the country in deaths caused by work-related accidents. A fifth of all worker fatalities statewide take place in Houston — a...
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- Mar 22, 2019
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Higher Rates Of Worker Abuse Reported In Sharpstown, Gulfton & Spring Branch
In the last year, $1.2 million were stolen from Houston workers through wage theft. Elizabeth Trovall with Houston Public Media | POSTED...
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- Mar 19, 2019
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Work center claims hundreds of Houston workers are victims of labor abuse
By Isiah Carey, FOX 26 News Posted Mar 18 2019 11:21PM CDT Video Posted Mar 18 2019 11:08PM CDT Hundreds of workers in 137 zip codes...
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- Mar 15, 2019
- 1 min
Wage Theft in Houston
In Audio, Economy, Labor, Podcast by Jonathan Tasini March 13, 2019 Full audio: https://www.workinglife.org/labor/episode-123-bangladesh-...
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- Mar 9, 2019
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En el marco del Día Internacional de la Mujer, ¿qué tanto se ha avanzado en materia de igualdad?
UNIVISION 45 8 Mar 2019 – 8:28 PM EST En Texas, las mujeres ganan 80 centavos por cada dólar que gana el hombre. La primera herramienta...
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- Mar 5, 2019
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FJWC on The Isiah Factor Uncensored
FOX 26: The News Edge at 10 p.m. with Isiah Carey Marianela Acuña Arreaza, Executive Director, Maria Villenas, wage theft victim and...
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- Mar 4, 2019
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More than $1.2 million stolen in Houston wages in 2018
By Ileana Najarro, Houston Chronicle. March 1, 2019 In December 2017, Maria Soto worked 142 hours at $9 per hour cooking and serving food...
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- Mar 1, 2019
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More than $1.2 million stolen in Houston wages in 2018, report says
By Ileana Najarro Updated 9:00 am CST, Friday, March 1, 2019 Workers in Houston reported more than $1.2 million in stolen wages last year...
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- Dec 25, 2018
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Worker center offers safety, legal resources to Houston day laborers
By Ileana Najarro at Houston Chronicle⎪Dec. 23, 2018 The three women crossed the Home Depot parking lot, headed for the men clustered...
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- Nov 6, 2018
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Organización Fe y Justicia lidera evento para que empleados domésticos expongan sus quejas
El proyecto iniciará con una conferencia en la que los empleados domésticos podrán recibir asesoría y tendrán un espacio para exponer sus...
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- Nov 6, 2018
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A year after Hurricane Harvey, some cleanup workers are still unpaid
Amid a recovery marred by labor abuses, activists are trying to start a dialogue about the treatment of workers in Houston by Mike Elk at...
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- Nov 6, 2018
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Day laborer's unpaid wages leads to Harris County DA pressing charges
By David Gonzalez at KHOU Local labor and worker rights organizations said it sends a big message to those who may think about doing the...
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