Where do workers turn if their wages have been stolen?
• There are approximately 130 worker centers throughout the country, small grassroots organizations that are at the forefront in wage enforcement actions (Source: Janice Fine, Worker Centers: Organizing Communities at the Edge of the Dream). • There are two main routes that workers and their advocates use to try to recover wages that were stolen. The first path is direct action-getting a group of workers to confront their boss or tell the business’ customers what is happening. The second route is through lawsuits, sometimes class action suits against large employers. • You can find an interactive map listing worker centers as well as other organizations involved in the fight against wage theft here.
