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Joe Courtney: “Wage theft is most common in low-wage industries and as a result, disproportionately impacts the workers who are the…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2014
Wage theft is most common in low-wage industries and as a result, disproportionately impacts the workers who are the least able to afford to take action on their own.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

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Courtney discusses the impact of wage theft on low-wage workers.

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