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Men sue for pay after hard work in McAllen
Elizabeth Findell The Monitor McALLEN — Local civil rights and labor organizations gathered with signs and flags in McAllen’s Archer Park on Sunday evening to recognize International Workers’ Day. For...
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Community Protests Worker’s Unpaid Wages
Staff: El Diario de El Paso Over twenty people held a protest outside the “Good Coffee Mexican Restaurant,” located at Montana and Williams in Central El Paso in protest of unpaid overtime wages to an...
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Three Weslaco motel workers sue for unpaid wages
Jared Taylor The Monitor ALAMO — Three people who say they worked at a Weslaco hotel filed a lawsuit against its owner, saying they failed to get paid for work they completed. But the motel’s owner...
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New law makes it easier to prosecute wage theft
Economic Justice in Texas By Adriana M. Chávez El Paso Times A new state law will make it easier for authorities to prosecute employers who cheat workers out of wages. State Sen. José Rodríguez, D-El...
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El Paso Council Hears Call to Speak out against Wage Theft
Economic Justice in Texas Karla Guevara El Diario de El Paso One of every eight El Paso workers has been a victim of wage theft and one of every five workers was paid below minimum wage. For this...
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Paso del Norte Civil Rights Project defends unpaid workers
Economic Justice Initiative By Natalie Tripp EL PASO, Texas — Weeks after KFOX 14 first ran a story about painters going unpaid for work done on a local Housing Authority project, those workers still...
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Protests Against Restaurant in McAllen Demand Fair Pay
Action for Economic Justice View Fox2 Coverage If you were cruising down Business 83 in McAllen, you may have noticed a group of protesters outside Zushi Restaurant. Our News Reporter Tom Rader stopped...
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Young workers center takes on wage theft in the Rio Grande Valley
‘An issue that affects all of us': Economic Justice Program by Kim Krisberg For six months, Jorge Rubio worked at a local chain of tortilla bakeries and taquerias in the cities of Brownsville and San...
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Diocese Recognizes Paso del Norte Civil Rights Project for Labor Justice Work
Our Work in El Paso Paso del Norte Civil Rights Project and the Labor Justice Comité would like to express our deep gratitude to the Catholic Diocese of El Paso’s Peace and Justice Ministry for their...
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Wage Theft Cases in El Paso Fight Against Widespread Abuse, Impunity
Economic Justice for Texas Workers EL PASO, TX — November 14th was a “National Day of Action to Stop Wage Theft.” Last September the Texas Wage Theft Bill was passed into law, but, eliminating this...
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Former employees protest El Paso restaurant chain for back pay
Labor Justice Campaign – El Paso By Gina Benitez Around a dozen people held signs outside of Ciro’s restaurant on Montana Saturday after they say they are owed money. Some claim they are over a...
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Fuerza del Valle: Wage Theft is Rampant
Labor Justice in the Valley HIDALGO — Alfredo Mendoza (not his real name) thought he was bringing in some extra cash for his family for Christmas. A friend had recommended him to the mechanics shop in...
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