SFIWJ's mission is to involve the faith community in issues that will improve the wages, benefits, and employment conditions of the workers, especially the low-wage workers, of South Florida.

Wage - Money that is paid or received for work or services

Theft
- The wrongful taking of personal property or money

In the News

June 25, 2010 - The New York Times, Editorial
"The Cheap Cost of Cheating the Lowest Paid"


June 18, 2010 - YourPBC
"Wage Theft - Issue Details"


June 15, 2010 - Morgan Lewis, Labor and Employment Lawflash
"Miami-Dade County, FLorida Refines Its Aggressive Employer Wage Theft Ordinance"


June 13, 2010 - YourPBC
"Understanding Wage Theft"


June 11, 2010 - YourPBC
"Why We Need a Wage Theft Ordinance"


May 28, 2010 - The Miami Herald, Letter to the Editor
"Miami-Dade commissioners tackle wage theft
"

May 27, 2010 - The Nation

"Ms. Solis Goes to Immokalee"


May 15, 2010 - Miami Herald, Editorial
"Wage Theft Law is Working"


May 12, 2010 - The Miami Herald
"New Miami-Dade law targets wage theft by employers: A new county law aims to make employers pay their workers regularly and keep workers from getting stiffed"


April 21, 2010 - YourPBC
"1,500 Push for Wage Theft Ordinance at PEACE Nehemiah Action 2010"

April 20, 2010 - The Palm Beach Post
"Palm Beach County considers measures to counter wage theft"

April 19, 2010 - The Palm Beach Post
"PEACE group targets wage theft as a top problem for lawmakers to address"


April 16, 2010 - La Palma
"P.E.A.C.E. realiza evento para proteger víctimas
de robo"

April 5, 2010 - AFL-CIO Blog
"New Labor Dept. Drive Sets to Stop Wage Theft"

March 25, 2010 - Lexology

"'Wage theft' laws: coming soon to a county near you
"

March 24, 2010 - Daily Business Review
"Miami Dade Ordinance Ensures Workers Get Paid"

March 18, 2010 - Progressive States Network
"Washington State Latest to Sign Bill Against Wage Theft"

March 16, 2010 - The Washington Post
"Immigrants vulnerable as recession spurs more bosses to shortchange workers"


March 13, 2010 - New York Daily News
"Payback time: State must nail sleazy bosses who steal their workers' wages"

March 8, 2010 - Bureau of National Affairs News
"Miami Dade County Approves Ordinance on Wage Theft; Other Locales Consider Issue
"

February 25, 2010 - Yes Magazine
"Hilda Solis: Protecting Workers, Not Corporations"


February 25, 2010 - Labor Notes
"NY Boutique Boss Arrested, Faces 4 Years in Jail for Stealing Wages"

February 22, 20010 - In These Times blog
"Florida's Miami-Dade County Passes Historic Anti-Wage Theft Ordinance"


February 22, 2010 - Institute for Southern Studies
"Florida county approves landmark ordinance against wage theft"


Febuary 19, 2010 - AFL-CIO Blog
"Miami Dade Commissioners Pass Historic Wage Theft Ordinance"


Febraury 19, 2010 - The News-Press, Editorial
"Consumers Must Back Farmworkers"

February 18, 2010 - LA Weekly News

"Unscrupulous Employers Skim $26.2 Million - That's per week, from lower-income Angelenos' paychecks
"

February 18, 2010 - Associated Press
"Miami-Dade County passes new wage theft ordinance"


February 17, 2010 - The Miami Herald, Editorial
"Stop the Wage Theft"

January 29, 2010 - The Huffington Post
"New York's Hidden Crime Wave"

December 17, 2009 - Daily Chronicle

"As wage theft rises, states and cities crack down"

December 6, 2009 - Letter to the Editor, The Miami He
rald
Rev. Frank Corbishley, St. Bede Episcopal Church at the University of Miami, Coral Gables
"Pay Tomato Harvesters Fairly"


November 19, 2009 - Associated Press

"Miami-Dade leaders to fight wage theft"

October 31, 2009 - Naples News, Guest
Commentary by the Rev. Dana Hendershot

"Harvest of Shame Continues in Florida"

October 21, 2009 - The American Prospect
"Forgotten Corners of the Economy: As unemployment rises, the illegal treatment of day laborers only worsens.  Where's the government?"

October 1, 2009 - CBS WINK
"Call for Action: Wage Theft"


August 17, 2009 - Emily Bazar, USA Today

"Bad economy sparks more complaints of wage theft"

August 17, 2009 - Emily Bazar, USA Today
"More lawmakers tackle rise of wage theft complaints"

May 2, 2009 - David A. Love, The Miami Herald

"Don't let swine flu turn to scapegoating"

April 17, 2009 - Cindy Krischer Goodman, The Miami Herald
"Working women worse off in Dade"

March 5, 2009 - Laura Morales, The Miami Herald
"Farm workers win dispute over pay"

May 19, 2010 - Jennifer Ludden, National Public Radio
"New York Tackles Wage Theft Against Immigrants"

May 18, 2008 - Dan Grech, Marketplace, American Public Media
"Wage theft victims fight for rights"


January 9, 2008 - Tere Figueras Negrete, The Miami Herald
"Field Laborers Sue for Wages"

August 9, 2007 - Pablo Bachelet, The Miami Herald
"The immigration debate is affecting migrant workers: A new poll showed it's getting more difficult to find work and discrimination is rising"

June 24, 2007 - Ana Menendez, The Miami Herald
"Undocumented are easy targets for criminals"


January 27, 2007 - Ronnie Greene, The Miami Herald
"Farm boss gets 30-year term"


July 15, 2005 - Ronnie Greene, The Miami Herald
"Labor Boss Faces New Charges"


January 30, 2001 - Jorge Ramos, El Nuevo Herald
"Everyone Benefits From Undocumented Immigrants"