Wage theft is a national epidemic: It's estimated that $30 billion or more is stolen from U.S. workers every year by employers.
In San Francisco, the Board of Supervisors yesterday took a major step to prevent wage theft and protect low-wage workers by unanimously approving the Wage Theft Prevention Ordinance. Mayor Edwin Lee still has to sign it into law.
“While Washington was engaged in a manufactured crisis over the debt ceiling, workers and their advocates were working together with ethical businesses and government officials to make a real difference for working people and their families in San Francisco," stated Kim Bobo, executive director of Interfaith Worker Justice.
http://www.inthesetimes.com/working/entry/11798/a_victory_for_low_paid_workers_in_san_francisco/
