Join IWJ in National Day of Action to Stop Wage Theft

by James Parks, Oct 13, 2009

Wage theft is a national epidemic. A recent study found that low-wage workers in New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles are routinely denied proper overtime pay and often are paid less than minimum wage. The average low-wage worker lost more than $2,600 in annual income due to the violations, 15 percent of a worker’s yearly earnings. The illegal underpayment or non-payment of wages affects millions of workers each year, forcing many to choose between paying their rent and feeding their families.

Interfaith Worker Justice (IWJ) and its affiliated groups around the country are preparing to kick off a national Wage Theft campaign that will shine the spotlight on this injustice. You can help.

Join IWJ and thousands of supporters on Nov. 19 for a National Day of Action to Stop Wage Theft. Across the nation, faith communities and activists will mobilize to host events to educate the public about wage theft, organize delegations of faith leaders to meet with state and federal legislators or hold rallies and prayer vigils for victims of wage theft.

For more information, contact Cara Gold (cgold@iwj.org) or 1-773-728-8400, ext. 34.

In her new book, Wage Theft in America: Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid—And What We Can Do About It, IWJ Executive Director Kim Bobo says:

I haven’t met anyone who thinks it’s all right to steal workers’ wages. Very few people understand that it’s not just an isolated incident here and there. It’s a national epidemic. I think when people realize that it’s a crisis, they’ll say, “Yeah we need to fix this.”

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