---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: N E <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 12:40 PM Subject: FYI - One of the biggest crime waves in America isn't what you think it is To: Nurul <[email protected]>
Hi, Hope you are well. Item of interest FYI if not already seen. Regards, - Nurul --------------------- http://theweek.com/articles/642568/biggest-crime-waves- america-isnt-what-think -- snippet -- "In dollar terms, what group of Americans steals the most from their fellow citizens each year? The answer might surprise you: It's employers, many of whom are committing what's known as wage theft. It's not just about underpaying workers. They're not paying workers what they're legally owed for the labor they put in... ...No one knows exactly how big a problem wage theft is, but in 2012 federal and state agencies recovered $933 million for victims of wage theft. By comparison, all the property taken in all the robberies of all types in 2012, solved or unsolved, amounted to a little under $341 million.." -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/
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