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2009-06-06T12:01:13-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvODI2XC8yODY4NjEtMDQtbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Authors talked about their books about problems faced by workers. After both authors made presentations, moderator Thomas Geoghegan asked questions before taking questions from members of the audience.
Kim Bobo is the author of Wage Theft in America: Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid - And What We Can Do About It (New Press; December 9, 2008). She gave examples of wage theft such as paying employees less than the legal minimum wage, purposefully misclassifying employees as independent contractors, illegally denying workers overtime pay, and theft of tips.
Jon Jeter is the author of Flat Broke in the Free Market: How Globalization Fleeced Working People (W.W. Norton and Co.; May 11, 2009). He was the Washington Post bureau chief for southern Africa from 1999 to 2003, and for South America from 2003 to 2004.
Thomas Geoghegan is author of Which Side Are You On?: Trying to Be for Labor When It’s Flat on Its Back (New Press; revised edition, July 26, 20
Kim Bobo is the author of Wage Theft in America: Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid - And What We Can Do About It (New Press; December 9, 2008). She gave examples of wage theft such as paying employees less than the legal minimum wage, purposefully misclassifying employees as independent contractors, illegally denying workers overtime pay, and theft of tips.
Jon Jeter is the author of Flat Broke in the Free Market: How Globalization Fleeced Working People (W.W. Norton and Co.; May 11, 2009). He was the Washington Post bureau chief for southern Africa from 1999 to 2003, and for South America from 2003 to 2004.
Thomas Geoghegan is author of Which Side Are You On?: Trying to Be for Labor When It’s Flat on Its Back (New Press; revised edition, July 26, 20
Authors talked about their books about problems faced by workers. After both authors made presentations, moderator Thomas Geoghegan asked qu… read more
Authors talked about their books about problems faced by workers. After both authors made presentations, moderator Thomas Geoghegan asked questions before taking questions from members of the audience.
Kim Bobo is the author of Wage Theft in America: Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid - And What We Can Do About It (New Press; December 9, 2008). She gave examples of wage theft such as paying employees less than the legal minimum wage, purposefully misclassifying employees as independent contractors, illegally denying workers overtime pay, and theft of tips.
Jon Jeter is the author of Flat Broke in the Free Market: How Globalization Fleeced Working People (W.W. Norton and Co.; May 11, 2009). He was the Washington Post bureau chief for southern Africa from 1999 to 2003, and for South America from 2003 to 2004.
Thomas Geoghegan is author of Which Side Are You On?: Trying to Be for Labor When It’s Flat on Its Back (New Press; revised edition, July 26, 20 close
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