Something I've learned while in law school is about the social construction of crime. I work in a legal clinic on wage theft cases, where employers have "improperly paid" workers by not paying, paying below min wage, withholding overtime, paid sick time, etc. 1/
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Replying to @djmckenna00
There are some DAs and AGs that have started to take this one, including
@DABoulder20th@chesaboudin@DA_LarryKrasner@AGEllison & others. I've written a couple of op-eds on this topic. Here's one in@thenation :https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/stealing-from-workers-is-a-crime-why-dont-prosecutors-see-it-that-way/ …2 replies 5 retweets 26 likes -
Replying to @TerriGerstein @djmckenna00 and
Wage theft should be criminal just like it is for employees who steal. When an employee resigns due to wage theft, (ex. illegal deductions) & *than* has their non-compete enforced it shouldn't take an entire year before a judge even lays eyes on the contract. Criminal. All of it.
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2) Wage theft & abusive clauses like non-competes don't exist if the worker has a Union. Some of these Union workers need to reminded what can happen. But most of the horrible employment stories are never published bc of crazy silencing clauses. Unions are worth every penny. #1u
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