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Employers Who Steal Wages Should Be Made Criminally Liable | Novara Media (novaramedia.com)
submitted 4 months ago by Armand1@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
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If you can go to prison for up to 7 years shoplifting, why can't wage theft be criminally prosecuted too?

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[-] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

because laws are made to protect them and their money, not you or your money. they specifically paid for it to be like that.

[-] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

This goes both ways right?!

[-] thejoker954@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

All one way streets for us rubes baby.

this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2025
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