wage theft

Unemployment may be low, but it is no bed of roses for Australian workers. Real wages are falling, inflation remains high, and interest rates keep going up. For many, it is a struggle to put food on the table and find secure housing. Yet Australia is brimming with money – it is one of the wealthiest countries on earth. Why aren't more of us sharing in the spoils?

TODAY'S QUESTION:
So I just got hired at this really small literal mom and pop cafe in the town I just moved to. When I was hired, the one owner told me I would get “$14 an hour plus cash tips.” Maybe I’m just fuckin stupid, but I didn’t realize that that meant literally only the cash tips and I would not get paid any of the tips that people leave when they pay with a credit card. I asked her about credit card tips today and that’s when she told me, very coldly, “Like I told you yesterday and the day you were hired, you get cash tips. We keep credit card tips.”

Most of our payments are done with cards so I am missing out on a LOT of tips. I have never worked somewhere that I did not receive tip outs from credit card tips. Is this even allowed?

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The High Court has ruled that a decision by the former Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews to rescind the citizenship of an Australian man suspected of joining the Islamic State group was unconstitutional. And, for the first time, unpaid workers can pursue the director of a collapsed company in the small claims tribunal of the Federal Circuit and Family Court.

"Ya know Arizona is a right-to-work state. Don't'cha? The right to work for less," my Dad warned me, 40 years ago when I moved to Tucson in the fall of 1981.

Back in 1981, I knew what right to work meant, but I didn't realize how anti-union, right-to-work laws suppress wages for everyone. I also had no idea how moving from a highly unionized state to a right-to-work state would impact my career, my future wages and my children's opportunities to make a living wage. 

Thank goodness that voters in low-wage states like Arizona can take matters into their own hands through Citizens Initiative when the state Legislature fails to act OR when the Legislature passes laws that outwardly attack workers and local jurisdictions that attempt reforms.

In this Episode of A View from the Left Side, you will learn about efforts in Tucson and Flagstaff to raise the local minimum wage to $15 per hour and efforts by Republican Legislators to stop local voters from improving the local economy by raising the wage..

My guest is C.J. Boyd who is campaign manager for Tucson Fight for $15, which is on the Nov. 2, 2021 ballot. If you are on the Permanent Early Voting List (PVEL), you should have received your ballot in the mail.

In this episode, Boyd explains the Tucson citizen's initiative to raise the wage to $15 by 2025 and the worker protections that are also included in this ballot proposition.

Time Stamp
"PPH Commentary 0:19 "
"Interview with C.J. Boyd 6:11 "
"Tucson Fight for $15 Explained 6:42 "
"Worker Protections 7:48 "
"Worker Schedules 9:00 "
"Wage Theft Is Biggest Type of Theft in US 9:58 "
"Chamber of Commerce Fighting Labor Standards and Enforcement 10:57 "
"More Wage Theft 12:40 "
"Local Small Businesses 15:12 "
Flagstaff $15 Minimum Wage & State Retaliation 17:35
"State Law Says Cities & Counties Can Raise Local Minimum Wage 20:27 "
"What about Pima County? 23:11 "
Who Will Be Helped by Prop 206? 25:20
Tip Workers 26:08

Are you sure you are paying your employees correctly? In this week’s story, The Accidental Wage Thief Steals Cook Pay, we hear how misunderstanding the FLSA can cause big trouble for your organization. John Thalheimer and Chuck Simikian discuss how organizations can protect themselves against accidental wage theft by better understanding the difference between exempt and non-exempt. 

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UNCONVENTIONAL BONUS EPISODE: Marianne Garneau from Stardust Family United came to Edmonton and gave a talk on the IWW organizing being done in one New York restaurant, and we'd be remiss not to make sure the audio of that isn't available to anyone and everyone who hates their bosses and wants to fire them.

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