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Amazon.com Workers File Suit over Unpaid Time

Mike Hall | Corporate Greed

Photo by Sindi/Flickr Creative Commons

More workers at Amazon.com’s warehouses—that some describe as high-speed, high-tension sweatshops —have filed federal court suits against the company and its contractors that supply the mostly temporary and low-paid workers for workplace rules that require them to undergo unpaid security checks at breaks and the end of their often 12-hour shifts.

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Overtime Wage Theft Complaints Soar

Mike Hall | Corporate Greed

Illustration by Arenamontanus/Flickr

Not only are corporations sitting on more than $1 trillion in cash and refusing to hire workers, now it appears employers who are making fewer workers do even more aren’t paying their overtime wages. The number of overtime wage theft complaints, filed by workers in the first half of this year, matches last year’s total filed under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, according to a  new report.

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Home Care Workers Need Labor Law’s Protection

Mike Hall | Political Action/Legislation

The nearly 2 million home care workers—about 92 percent of whom are women—who take care of the elderly and people with disabilities often work 12-hour days and 60 to 70 hours a week. But they are seldom paid overtime and their net income is often less than the minimum wage. Unlike workers covered by federal labor laws, they are not paid for all the hours they are on the clock, witnesses told a U.S. House hearing Tuesday.

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Labor Dept. App Helps Workers Track Wages, Hours

James Parks | Organizing/Bargaining

Want to make sure you’re getting paid what you’re due? Now there’s an app for that. The U.S. Labor Department announced last week its first application for smartphones: a time sheet to help employees independently track the hours they work and determine the wages they are owed.

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