
pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:
Wage theft is notoriously hard to police, thanks to fear of retaliation and the precarity of victims of this crime.
The POWER Act passed as a result of the combined efforts of unions (SEIU, AFL-CIO) and the Working Families Party. Along with the Oregon Corporate Practice of Medicine ban, it shows how local, grassroots activism can protect everyday, working people from even the worst corporate criminals, even in Donald Trump's America.
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