I don't think that's correct. Here is my understanding: Workers are paid according to a contract (which in some cases is merely spoken, not written). If they don't get paid the amount in the contract, that's wage THEFT. It has nothing to do with whether the amount stipulated in the contract is FAIR.
Yeah and the distinction matters because Wage Theft happens every day to thousands of workers. It's more common than any other kind of theft. So people need to know about it and how they do it. It is often a matter of overtime violations. If you're paid every two weeks you gotta watch like a hawk.
For sure, but it's one where we DO have a certain amount of legal recourse so it needs to be talked about. I want working class people to bring their bosses to court and humiliate them, lol.
Reminder that wage theft alone, let alone all the other forms of capitalist thefts, accounts for more monetary damages than all forms of robbery, burglary, and larceny combined.
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