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Wage Theft Swamps Chicagoland: Workplace Protections Are Failing Cook County's Low-Wage Workers

Amy Taubin, Drum Major Institute. April 13, 2010.

What if we had a minimum wage, but nobody felt constrained to pay it? Or getting injured at work yielded no workers compensation, but a very real risk of losing your job?

E-Mail From Hilda Solis to Employees Who Defaced Gay Pride Posters at U.S. Dept. of Labor

Nate Carlile, ThinkProgress. June 29, 2009.

"Respect for others is non-negotiable at the U.S. Department of Labor"

Without Cops on the Beat, the Great Worker Rip-Off Continues

Catherine Ruckelshaus, Christine Owens, AlterNet. April 9, 2009.

Labor protections are non-existent for many low-wage workers. This is bad for workers, their families and for the economy.

Bush Administration Makes Yet Another Ill-Conceived Midnight-Hour Policy Change

Staff, America's Voice. December 10, 2008.

Bush's Department of Labor announces last minute changes to guestworker program.

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