Important Anti-Wage Theft legislation Introduced in Congress

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Important Anti-Wage Theft legislation Introduced in Congress

http://www.laborradio.org/node/11660

Lede: An important first step in anti-wage theft legislation has been introduced in Congress. Doug Cunningham has more.

By Doug Cunningham

California Congressman George Miller has introduced the Wage Theft Prevention Act to eliminate the 2-year time limit for getting wage theft cases resolved through the Department of Labor. The bill would give the Department of Labor all the time it needs to resolve any wage theft complaints. Ted Smukler is Public Policy Director for Interfaith Worker Justice in Chicago. He says more comprehensive legislation is needed to combat massive wage theft in America, but this is a good first step.

: �Congressman Miller, as head of the Education and Labor Committee, has shown that he�s committed to ending this crisis. And he�s working with us and others, including the AFL-CIO and Change To Win and other workers advocacy organizations. And we expect to get comprehensive legislation this fall.�

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