Report: Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers
A new report by the Center for Urban Economic Development, the National Employment Law Project, and the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (Download 59719b5a36109ab7d8_5xm6bc9ap[1]) paints a disturbing picture of the treatment to which those workers are subjected. Based on a survey last year of almost 4,400 low-wage employees in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, the report describes workplaces in which violations of basic rights are the norm and where workers’ attempts to complain are met with retribution.
For the Washington Post story on the report, click here.
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