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RANDOM REMINDER
theft is the #business model of capitalists; because capitalists’ main goal is to produce #poverty.

in a 2014 Economic Policy Institute study of #wageTheft, they found it was 3x the size of all forms of robberies ―in USA―, COMBINED.

and their data mostly excludes high earners, because most labor protection laws focus on hourly, minimum-wage workers.

they estimate wage theft costs USA’s workers $50 billion ANNUALLY ―and this excludes the loss of #wages vs #productivity gap… 🧵

chart comparing 341 million dollars in robberies to 933 million in wage theft

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@blogdiva@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

recent #wageTheft related news ―and why the billionaire mafia is so desperate to normalize #AI. hyping LLMs by lying about their intelligence, is their way to destroy the value of the #creative #classes; especially #software #developers:

Disney’s writer wage theft, a year on. | by Cory Doctorow https://doctorow.medium.com/disneys-writer-wage-theft-a-year-on-5be5baee38f9

Uber, Lyft could owe California gig workers billions of dollars - https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/03/uber-lyft-could-owe-california-gig-workers-billions-of-dollars-in-california-wage-theft-case/

127,000 New York Workers Have Been Victims of Wage Theft https://www.propublica.org/article/thousands-of-new-york-workers-have-been-victims-of-wage-theft

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CalMatters

California negotiating with Lyft, Uber in massive wage-theft case

Uber and Lyft drivers rallied at three California city halls today, calling attention to a long-running lawsuit against the companies over thousands of wage-theft claims that could be worth billions of dollars.

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@blogdiva@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

sources:

‘Wage Theft Is Built Into the Business Models of Many Industries’ — FAIR - https://fair.org/home/wage-theft-is-built-into-the-business-models-of-many-industries/

An Epidemic of Wage Theft Is Costing Workers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars a Year | Economic Policy Institute - https://www.epi.org/publication/epidemic-wage-theft-costing-workers-hundreds/

Wage Theft Costs American Workers as Much as $50 Billion a Year | Economic Policy Institute - https://www.epi.org/press/wage-theft-costs-american-workers-50-billion/

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#labor #wages #poverty #capitalism

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@blogdiva@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

Disney’s writer wage theft, a year on. | by Cory Doctorow https://doctorow.medium.com/disneys-writer-wage-theft-a-year-on-5be5baee38f9

Uber, Lyft could owe California gig workers billions of dollars - https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/03/uber-lyft-could-owe-california-gig-workers-billions-of-dollars-in-california-wage-theft-case/

127,000 New York Workers Have Been Victims of Wage Theft https://www.propublica.org/article/thousands-of-new-york-workers-have-been-victims-of-wage-theft

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CalMatters

California negotiating with Lyft, Uber in massive wage-theft case

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@blogdiva@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

RANDOM REMINDER
theft is the #business model of capitalists; because capitalists’ main goal is to produce #poverty.

in a 2014 Economic Policy Institute study of #wageTheft, they found it was 3x the size of all forms of robberies ―in USA―, COMBINED.

and their data mostly excludes high earners, because most labor protection laws focus on hourly, minimum-wage workers.

they estimate wage theft costs USA’s workers $50 billion ANNUALLY ―and this excludes the loss of #wages vs #productivity gap… 🧵

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@kagan@wandering.shop · 3 months ago

Know who the real criminals are.

#WageTheft #PayWorkers #theft #economics #crime

A doughnut chart showing different types of theft. A caption says all data is for the US, and all amounts are per year. The chart is credited to @CivicAction.

One section of the doughnut, roughly one quarter of it, is separated from the main part and labeled "other types of theft", while the main section is labeled "wage theft" in large letters.

The "other types" section is broken down as follows:

Robbery, $0.34 billion, which equals 0.64% of the full total.
Auto theft, $3.80 billion, 7.2% of total.
Burglary, $4.1 billion, 7.77%.
And larceny, $5.3 billion and 10.04 percent.

The "Other Types" section totals to 25.67% of the entire doughnut.

Wage theft is broken down as follows:

Off-the-clock violations, $3.2 billion, 6.06%.
Rest break violations, $4 billion exactly, 7.58%.
Overtime violations, $8.8 billion, 16.68%.
Minimum wage violations, $23.2 billion, making 43.99 percent of the total.

Wage theft totals 74.32% of the entire doughnut. — A doughnut chart showing different types of theft. A caption says all data is for the US, and all amounts are per year. The chart is credited to @CivicAction. One section of the doughnut, roughly one quarter of it, is separated from the main part and labeled "other types of theft", while the main section is labeled "wage theft" in large letters. The "other types" section is broken down as follows: Robbery, $0.34 billion, which equals 0.64% of the full total. Auto theft, $3.80 billion, 7.2% of total. Burglary, $4.1 billion, 7.77%. And larceny, $5.3 billion and 10.04 percent. The "Other Types" section totals to 25.67% of the entire doughnut. Wage theft is broken down as follows: Off-the-clock violations, $3.2 billion, 6.06%. Rest break violations, $4 billion exactly, 7.58%. Overtime violations, $8.8 billion, 16.68%. Minimum wage violations, $23.2 billion, making 43.99 percent of the total. Wage theft totals 74.32% of the entire doughnut.

Kagan MacTane (he/him)

@kagan@wandering.shop · 3 months ago

Know who the real criminals are.

#WageTheft #PayWorkers #theft #economics #crime

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@jik@federate.social · 3 months ago

Please, I beg you, if you still shop on Amazon, read this article and then maybe reconsider.
Maybe you thought it couldn't possibly be as bad as everyone has told you.
You're right. It's worse.
#Amazon #enshittification #WageTheft #WorkerAbuse
https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/23/traveling-salesman-solution/#pee-bottles

https://pluralistic.net

Pluralistic: Checking in on the state of Amazon's chickenized reverse-centaurs (23 Oct 2025)

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Church of Jeff

@jeffowski@mastodon.world · 6 months ago

#NoBillionaires #WageTheft #workersrights

768 million vacation days go
unused by Americans every
year. We've been convinced
that rest is a luxury when it's
actually as essential as food
and water.

MICHELL C CLARK — 768 million vacation days go unused by Americans every year. We've been convinced that rest is a luxury when it's actually as essential as food and water. MICHELL C CLARK

Church of Jeff

@jeffowski@mastodon.world · 6 months ago

#NoBillionaires #WageTheft #workersrights