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More than $1.2 million stolen in Houston wages in 2018, report says

Mar 1, 2019
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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 study by Fe y Justicia Worker Center.


The average amount stolen from each worker was about $3,600, in many cases about a quarter of their annual income.


“Labor abuses are not victimless crimes,” Marianela Acuña Arreaza, executive director of the worker center, said in a statement. “Wage theft means families getting evicted, parents being unable to afford their kids’ medication or their own.”


Full article: https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/More-than-1-2-million-stolen-in-Houston-wages-in-13653958.php

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