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Letter to the Editor

Oct. 31, 2012

Human toll from wage theft should not be dismissed or minimized

I write to provide a different perspective to the discussion about small businesses that evade their obligations to pay their workers proper wages. By Matthew DeCarolis

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN

I write to provide a different perspective to the discussion about small businesses that evade their obligations to pay their workers proper wages. ["Small businesses use prevention, legal tricks, against class action woes," Oct. 25]. As an attorney with Bet Tzedek Legal Services' Employment Rights Project, I represent low-wage workers who suffer wage theft. The hundreds of clients we assist each year work in the underground ec...

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