{"id":1250412,"date":"2023-10-06T16:02:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T16:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fair.org\/?p=9035717"},"modified":"2023-10-06T16:02:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T16:02:03","slug":"rodrigo-camarena-on-wage-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/10\/06\/rodrigo-camarena-on-wage-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodrigo Camarena on Wage Theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div id=\"mp3jWrap_0\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp  verdana-mjp\" style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_0\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_0\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_0\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"T_mp3j\" id=\"T_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">CounterSpin231006.mp3<\/span><span class=\"indi_mp3j\" style=\"font-size:9.8px;\" id=\"statusMI_0\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_0\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0 = [\n\t{ name: \"CounterSpin231006.mp3\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5ibHVicnJ5LmNvbS9jb3VudGVyc3Bpbi9jb250ZW50LmJsdWJycnkuY29tL2NvdW50ZXJzcGluL0NvdW50ZXJTcGluMjMxMDA2Lm1wMw==\", counterpart:\"\", artist: \"\", image: \"\", imgurl: \"\" }\n];\n<\/script>\n\n<script>MP3jPLAYERS[0] = { list: MP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0, tr:0, type:'single', lstate:'', loop:false, play_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pause_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pp_title:'', autoplay:false, download:false, vol:80, height:'' };<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9035718\" src=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Wage-Theft-350x182.jpg\" alt=\"Business executive pocketing hundred dollar bills.\" width=\"350\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Wage-Theft-350x182.jpg 350w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Wage-Theft-600x312.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Wage-Theft-768x399.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Wage-Theft-640x333.jpg 640w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Wage-Theft.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This week on <strong>CounterSpin<\/strong>: The <strong>LA Times<\/strong>\u2019 Michael Hiltzik is one of vanishingly few national reporters to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/story\/2023-08-30\/column-businesses-keep-complaining-about-shoplifting-but-wage-theft-is-a-bigger-crime\">suggest<\/a> that if media care about crime, if they care about people having things stolen from them\u2014maybe they could care less about toasters and more about lives? As in, the billions of dollars that are snatched from working people\u2019s pockets every payday by companies, in the form of wage theft\u2014paying less than legal wages, not paying for overtime, stealing tips, denying breaks, demanding people work off the clock before and after shifts, and defining workers as &#8220;independent contractors&#8221; to deny them benefits. Home Depot just settled a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/home-depot-pay-725-mln-settle-california-wage-class-action-2023-06-23\/\">class action lawsuit<\/a> for $72.5 million, while their CEO went on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/retail\/former-home-depot-ceo-fears-biden-administration-fueling-lawless-society-retail-theft-surges\"><strong>Fox Business<\/strong><\/a> to talk about how shoplifting means we\u2019re becoming a \u201clawless society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is legislative pushback; New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/central-ny\/politics\/2023\/09\/06\/hochul-signs-bills-on-employee-free-speech--wage-theft--injury-compensation\">added wage theft<\/a> to the legal definition of larceny, allowing for stronger prosecutions. But such efforts face headwind from corporate media telling us to <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/shoplifting-is-big-news-stealing-millions-from-workers-is-not\/\">be mad about the rando<\/a> taking toilet paper from the Walgreens, but not the executive who\u2019s skimming your paycheck every two weeks. Not to be too poetic, but corporate thieves don\u2019t need masks as long as corporate media provide them.<\/p>\n<p>We talk about wage theft with Rodrigo Camarena. 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