Fighting Wage Theft

Every week, workers call our hotline to report intimidation and wage theft. They don’t call the NC Department of Labor, which has been controlled by Republican labor commissioners since 2001. To them, our stolen labor is just a “civil matter,” not a crime impacting thousands of families each year. Despite having the power to refer cases for prosecution, the NCDOL almost never treats wage theft as a criminal act.

That’s why we organize. Workers attend our wage theft workshops to learn how to collect evidence, recruit their coworkers, and build the leverage they need to negotiate with their employers. When bosses refuse to come to the table, we escalate with direct action. Every year, we support dozens of workers across the state in their luchas, winning back over $250,000 in stolen wages annually.