U.S. companies are stealing pay from low-wage workers, report says
May 4, 2021 / 11:18 AM / AP
On a Tuesday afternoon last June, Humberto was yanking old wires from the walls of a middle school in suburban Birmingham, Alabama, when his cellphone rang. Humberto s wife, who had just returned from her weekly trip to the grocery store, was on the line. Our account is negative, she said.
The 45-year-old electrician, who spoke on the condition that he be identified by his middle name because he is undocumented, had been working 10 hours a day, six days a week as part of a $200 million renovation project. This was how he learned that his $1,250 paycheck had bounced.
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