Wage Theft in US & NE Indiana MLR 7 12 23

Meet Katherine Coker. We spend the hour talking about Wage Theft in Pennsylvania, Indiana & the US. We talk about some specific cases and scenarios of Wage Theft in PA & NE IN. We also have some other labor news and some great informational links below as well. You can find Katherine on TikTok at Katherine.Coker She also has some great WAGE THEFT Schwag you can access for doing that subtle thing of posting stickers in the community. You can follow her on YouTube KatherineCoker as well. She has some great writings you can learn from at her SubStack page linked here. The Philly Department of Labor website specific to Wage Theft is linked here. 

The HAll's Restaurant chain in NE Indiana has been charged in Federal Court for Wage Theft. The Department of Labor's Hour & Wage Division District Director Aaron Lewis said Luke Hall, GM of Don Hall's Factory Restaurant, agreed to change his business' practices, but he reportedly refused to pay back wages owed to his employees. Read about the DOL case from this Federal Court Filing. Here is the DOL's article detailing the Halls case.

If you are in the Service Industry check out some of the resource links we have provided below. 

The Economic Policy Institute is a resource you should use as a Working Famly. They are at EPI.org Also check out this article on Wage Theft in America today. Read about the recovered Billions in Wage Theft here. 

In the Union News section we talk about the Strike in Erie PA by UE Local 506 & 618 members, Follow the link for more details. 

Another resource for Restaurant Workers is ROC United - ROCUnited.org 

An example of a community group developed to help exploited workers, check out Chicago based ARISE Chicago. 

For Indiana Department of Labor  Wage and Hour Division nformation check it out here WAGE & HOUR - this is an stark example of a Republican ran state, very weak offerings if you need help. The state proves they do not support Working Families, they just provide the bare minimum required and then they underfund that. 

Thanks for listening, Find us on the web at My Labor Radio and on Twitter we are @mgevaart