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Kim Bobo

Wage Theft America

Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting paid - and What We Can Do About It

Kim Bobo

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English
The New Press
13 September 2011
Labour economics
In what has been described as ""the crime wave no one talks about"", billions of dollars worth of wages are stolen from millions of workers in the United States every year--a grand theft that exceeds every other larceny category. Even the Economic Policy Foundation, a business-funded think tank, has estimated that companies annually steal an incredible $19 billion in unpaid overtime. The scope of these abuses is staggering, but activists, unions, and policymakers--along with everyday Americans in congregations and towns across the country--have begun to take notice.e scope of these abuses is staggering, but activists, unions, and policymakers--along with everyday Americans in congregations and towns across the country--have begun to take notice.
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Imprint:   The New Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   Revised Edition
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 24mm
Weight:   427g
ISBN:   9781595587176
ISBN 10:   1595587179
Pages:   354
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Kim Bobo is the founder and executive director of Interfaith Worker Justice and a columnist for Religion Dispatches. She is the author of Lives Matter: A Handbook for Christian Organizing and the co-author (with Jackie Kendall and Steve Max) of Organizing for Social Change, the most widely used manual on progressive activism in the country. She lives in Chicago.

Reviews for Wage Theft America: Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting paid - and What We Can Do About It

Argues perfectly for the importance of community allies in improving struggling workers' lives.<br>-- Boston Review <br><br>In this fascinating yet disturbing (and ultimately optimistic) book [Bobo] provides the reader with nothing less than the anatomy of an invisible epidemic.<br>--the Black Commentator <br><br>


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