A few years ago, I heard about a garment factory near my house where workers weren’t making the minimum wage, or so I was told. I couldn’t believe that such a place operated four blocks from where I live. I didn’t even know it existed. I’d heard about this place because some workers had visited the Chicago Interfaith Workers Center and… return to article
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Reader Comments (1)Page 1 of 1 pagesi’m disappointed you only gave citizen wage theft a passing mention. walmart is the biggest fish out there.
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