CCI featured in new wage theft report

A Fair Day's Pay: The Movement to End Wage Theft

 Iowa CCI's wage theft organizing campaign gets a brief mention on page 20 of the Discount Foundation's new report.To date Iowa CCI's organizing to stop wage theft has helped members reclaim $122,000 in stolen wages for 48 workers in central Iowa. View the report here.

From the Discount Foundation's website:

Over the last decade, grassroots opposition to Wage Theft has grown dramatically across the country. Wage theft, the illegal underpayment of wages primarily affects the working poor. It is widespread and occurs in various forms and industries. It is estimated that millions of low wage workers annually are not paid at legally required overtime rates, at minimum wages or for total hours worked. In response workers’ rights organizations have engaged in increasingly sophisticated and successful campaigns to strengthen enforcement and make sure that monies due employees are repaid. In a new report: “A Fair Day’s Pay: The Movement to End Wage Theft”, Nik Theodore, an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois, examines over a dozen examples of organizations utilizing innovative tactics to combat this illegal practice. Commissioned by the Discount Foundation, the report reviews a variety of local, state and federal strategies driven by grantee organizations to address violations of employment laws.