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Alma Adams: This is a multi-billion-dollar problem. Each year, dishonest employers steal at least $15 billion from workers'…

On the recordMay 10, 2022
This is a multi-billion-dollar problem. Each year, dishonest employers steal at least $15 billion from workers' paychecks in minimum wage violations alone.
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Alma Adams
Democratic · North Carolina

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Adams discusses the scale of wage theft affecting workers annually.

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