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California lawmakers want to investigate wage theft. But labor unions seek a different path

Por: Los Angeles Times Politics March 22, 2023

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On this, labor unions and lawmakers agree: Wage theft is rampant in California, and the state system set up to help robbed workers is broken. But a Bay Area lawmaker's call for an independent state investigation into what's gone wrong has brought opposition from, of all places, California's powerful labor unions. The unions are attempting to block the action when lawmakers from the Senate and Assembly meet Wednesday to consider... + full article



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