Jun 6, 20192 minImmigrants 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 Policy Institute estim...
May 30, 20191 minTexan 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, according to research from...
May 25, 20191 minLocal 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 clean with her hand...
May 2, 20191 minMore 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 the Texas Workforce...
May 1, 20191 minRobo de salario, acoso sexual y discriminación, los flagelos que han sufrido cientos de trabajadoresUNIVISION 1 May 2019 – 1:40 PM EDT Durante el Día Internacional del Trabajo, la organización Fe y Justicia presentó su reporte acerca de los abusos que enfre...
Apr 24, 20192 minNew 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. Another got an SUV d...
Apr 24, 20191 minIn 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 total of 101 people ...
Mar 29, 20191 minReport: Wage Theft Rampant In Houston There’s a variety of ways that wage theft happens. Sometimes employers will refuse to pay outright, but others refuse to pay overtime or misclassify their em...
Mar 23, 20191 minHigher Rates Of Worker Abuse Reported In Sharpstown, Gulfton & Spring BranchIn the last year, $1.2 million were stolen from Houston workers through wage theft. Elizabeth Trovall with Houston Public Media | POSTED ON MARCH 20, 2019, ...
Mar 19, 20192 minWork 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 across Houston are victi...
Mar 15, 20191 minWage Theft in HoustonIn Audio, Economy, Labor, Podcast by Jonathan Tasini March 13, 2019 Full audio: https://www.workinglife.org/labor/episode-123-bangladesh-workers-under-attack...
Mar 9, 20191 minEn 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 para combatir este ti...
Mar 5, 20191 minFJWC 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 volunteer, and Silvia Ch...
Mar 4, 20191 minMore 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 at a gas station ta...
Mar 1, 20191 minMore than $1.2 million stolen in Houston wages in 2018, report saysBy 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 according to a new ...
Dec 25, 20181 minWorker 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 around the trees lining...
Nov 6, 20181 minOrganización 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 casos y conocer sus...
Nov 6, 20181 min A year after Hurricane Harvey, some cleanup workers are still unpaidAmid a recovery marred by labor abuses, activists are trying to start a dialogue about the treatment of workers in Houston by Mike Elk at The Guardian One ye...
Nov 6, 20181 minDay laborer's unpaid wages leads to Harris County DA pressing chargesBy David Gonzalez at KHOU Local labor and worker rights organizations said it sends a big message to those who may think about doing the same. HARRIS COUNTY,...
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