Posts Tagged wage theft

Flordia GOP wage theft bill amended, stalled in Senate committee

By Marcos Restrepo | 02.21.12 | 11:44 am | More from The Florida Independent

A bill filed by Florida state Sen. David Simmons, R-Altamonte Springs, that would prohibit Florida cities and counties from passing ordinances that crack down on wage theft, the practice of stiffing workers out of money they are owed, did not make it out of the Senate Judiciary committee Monday. More…

Fla. bill would bar local crackdowns on wage theft

By Marcos Restrepo | 02.17.12 | 11:04 am | More from The Florida Independent

South Florida labor and worker’s rights organizations are mobilizing their members and calling on state senators to stop a GOP bill that would prohibit Florida cities and counties from passing ordinances that crack down on wage theft, the practice of stiffing workers out of money they are owed.
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Labor Dept., Mexican consulate announce workers rights education program

By Marcos Restrepo | 02.03.12 | 12:30 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The U.S. Department of Labor and the Mexican consulate in Orlando on Friday announced an agreement to offer Mexican workers in Florida the resources to understand their rights. More…

Florida construction workers still fighting for owed wages

By Marcos Restrepo | 12.14.11 | 1:32 pm | More from The Florida Independent

A group of construction workers in Miami Lakes who last week began fighting to receive wages they are owed for several weeks of work will meet today to file a complaint through Miami-Dade County’s anti-wage theft ordinance, a measure under attack in the courts and in the Florida Legislature. More…

Florida construction workers fight for unpaid wages as bill to block anti-wage theft ordinances moves forward

By Marcos Restrepo | 12.07.11 | 6:44 pm | More from The Florida Independent

As a Florida House subcommittee voted to pass state Rep. Tom Goodson’s bill that would block local anti-wage theft ordinancestoday, 35 construction workers in Miami Lakes began fighting to receive wages they are owed for several weeks of work. More…

Religious coalition in Palm Beach calls for countywide anti-wage theft ordinance

By Marcos Restrepo | 11.08.11 | 3:59 pm | More from The Florida Independent

People Engaged in Active Community Efforts — aka PEACE, a coalition of  27 religious congregations from Palm Beach County — told 450 of its members Monday night that it is urgent to continue their campaign to create a countywide anti-wage theft ordinance. More…

Florida GOP state senator files bill prohibiting anti-wage theft local ordinances

By Marcos Restrepo | 11.08.11 | 1:56 pm | More from The Florida Independent

State Sen. David Simmons, R-Altamonte Springs, today filed a bill to prohibit Florida municipalities from “adopting or maintaining” local ordinances that crack down on wage theft, the practice of stiffing workers out of money they are owed. More…

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Lower Florida unemployment rate driven by growth in ‘lower wage industries’

By Marcos Restrepo | 10.21.11 | 3:37 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity reports that the state’s unemployment rate for the month of September dipped slightly to 10.6 percent, still well above the 9.1 percent national rate. More…