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Servers say the chain forces them to do janitorial work, dishwashing for lower tipped wages and robs them of up to $46.8 million.

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[–] SoftTeeth@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Whenever corporations whine about theft or right wing politicians overinflate the prevalence of petty crime for elections I really couldn't give a shit.

Because in reality, wage theft accounts for more money stolen than all other forms of theft combined. And that money is being stolen from actual workers instead of soulless corporations.

https://www.tcworkerscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Wage-Theft-vs-Other-Theft-1024x730.jpg

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Nice graphic.

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And they make them work through hurricanes

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yea, the joke "Waffle House Index" is horrifying from a worker's perspective.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

If even the government is bailing on a situation like that, there's no way in hell I'm staying.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 1 week ago

It really seems like class consciousness has an opportunity to develop, what with union drives (Starbucks, Amazon) and CEO murder. Let’s hope we take it back to early 20th century levels of workers fighting for rights.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)