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Houston Workers Still Suffering From Wage Theft Impunity
For Immediate Release: September 6, 2012 Contact: Jose Eduardo Sanchez, jose@hiwj.org, 832-715-5975 HOUSTON WORKERS STILL SUFFERING FROM WAGE THEFT IMPUNITY Diverse Coalition Joins Together to Demand...
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Construction Employer Turns Violent After Worker Attempts to Recover...
How far will an unscrupulous employer go to avoid rightfully paying their workers? Pretty far, especially considering the lack of consequences and near impunity employers face for this pervasive crime....
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What is the Value of Our Work?
What is the value of our work? Is it the satisfaction of being useful in our society? Is it being able to provide for ourselves and our loved ones? Is it the prestige or reputation that our job or...
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Save the Date: “Made in L.A.” Screening and Discussion
Join us for an inspiring story about worker solidarity, hear from Houston workers in the struggle, and support a great local coffee shop fighting to end human trafficking! WHAT: Screening of the...
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Mobile protest confronts unscrupulous employers, calls for end to abuse of...
For immediate release: October 23, 2012 MOBILE PROTEST CONFRONTS UNSCRUPULOUS EMPLOYERS, CALLS FOR END TO ABUSE OF WORKING FAMILIES Four Stops, 9 Brave Working Families, Dozens of Community Supporters...
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Calling all workers! Are you ready to celebrate?
When was the last time you celebrated a worker? How about the last time you celebrated the value of your own work? In the city where millionaires & corporations get all the glory, it’s time we...
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Wage Theft & Major Health and Safety Violations on Houston City Contract
MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Jose Eduardo Sanchez Office: 713-862-8222 Mobile: 832-715-5975 HOUSTON COALITION CALLS ON CITY TO PASS WAGE THEFT ORDINANCE IN LIGHT OF OVER $20 MILLION IN CITY CONTRACTS TO...
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A Journey for Justice: Capital Improvement Plan District Meetings
Due to the extent of the problem of wage theft in Houston, and especially it’s impact on low-income minority communities, the workers and members of Fe y Justicia Worker Center in Houston, Texas,...
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Justice Bus 2013 – FAQs
What is the Justice Bus ? The Justice Bus is a mobile protest organized by the Down with Wage Theft Campaign and the Fe y Justicia Worker Center to denounce labor abuse in our city and demand justice...
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THE ANTI-WAGE THEFT ORDINANCE – A PRECEDENT-SETTING COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT –...
For the past two years members of the Fe y Justicia Worker Center have brought to public attention the prevalence of wage theft in the city by taking to the streets, convening community forums, and...
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Houstonians to City Council : Who Do You Work For?
On Thursday, September 19th business industry leaders and working families gathered in front of City Hall to draw a line in the sand, demanding Council Members to publicly declare whether they will...
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Houstonians Expose Impacts of Wage Theft on Victims Ignored by City Council
“My father worked as a truck driver but his employer didn’t pay him more than $2000 dollars that he owed him on wages. My family was not able to pay rent, utilities, or to fulfill our basic needs...
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Houston City Council Set to Vote on Wage Theft Ordinance November 13th
Houston, TX. The City of Houston, the 4th largest city in the United States, second only to New York City in the number of Fortune 500 headquarters, which as an independent nation would rank as the...
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Houston City Council Passes Anti-Wage Theft Ordinance
Today, Wednesday, November 20th, 2013, Houston City Council made history passing the first municipal ordinance cracking down on wage theft in Texas and only the second in a major metropolis in the U.S....
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