We just posted two excerpts from Kim Bobo's excellent new book Wage Theft in America: Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid—And What We Can Do About It. The shorter excerpt (previously published online by In These Times) gives background information about the concept of wage theft. The longer excerpt (advertised on our home page) is from the final chapter of the book, which gives detailed recommendations about how the U.S. Department of Labor could address wage theft.
Kim will be speaking Thursday night, Jan. 29th in Jamaica Plain (a hip neighborhood in the southwest part of Boston). Here is the event announcement from the Jamaica Plain Forum:
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Kim Bobo: Wage Theft in America
Wage Theft in America
We hope to see some Boston-area D&S subscribers and blog readers there. There will be a D&S table where you can meet John Miller, D&S columnist ("Up Against the Wall Street Journal") and James McBride, stalwart collective member (and both are JP residents). You'll also be able to purchase D&S books and copies of the brand-spanking-new January/February 2009 issue of the magazine, complete with a snazzy redesign.