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Wage Theft America
Kim Bobo
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Description for Wage Theft America
Paperback. Num Pages: 354 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 426.
“This book will give you an entirely new perspective on work in America.” —Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed
In what has been described as “the crime wave no one talks about,” billions of dollars’ worth of wages are stolen from millions of workers in the United States every year—a grand theft that exceeds every other larceny category. Even the Economic Policy Foundation, a business-funded think tank, has estimated that companies annually steal an incredible $19 billion in unpaid overtime. The scope of these abuses is staggering, but activists, unions, and policymakers—along with everyday Americans in ... Read more
“This book will give you an entirely new perspective on work in America.” —Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed
In what has been described as “the crime wave no one talks about,” billions of dollars’ worth of wages are stolen from millions of workers in the United States every year—a grand theft that exceeds every other larceny category. Even the Economic Policy Foundation, a business-funded think tank, has estimated that companies annually steal an incredible $19 billion in unpaid overtime. The scope of these abuses is staggering, but activists, unions, and policymakers—along with everyday Americans in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The New Press United States
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
Number of Pages
354
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781595587176
SKU
V9781595587176
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99-15
About Kim Bobo
Kim Bobo is the founder and executive director of Interfaith Worker Justice and a columnist for Religion Dispatches. She is the author of Lives Matter: A Handbook for Christian Organizing and the co-author (with Jackie Kendall and Steve Max) of Organizing for Social Change, the most widely used manual on progressive activism in the country. She lives in Chicago.
Reviews for Wage Theft America
Argues perfectly for the importance of community allies in improving struggling workers' lives. —Boston Review In this fascinating yet disturbing (and ultimately optimistic) book [Bobo] provides the reader with nothing less than the anatomy of an invisible epidemic. —the Black Commentator