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	<title>WHEN THE ABUSER GOES TO WORK &#187; Progressive States Network</title>
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		<title>Strippers are &#8216;Employees&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When is a worker  an employee who is entitled to a salary and unemployment benefits? This question was at issue in a Kansas case that sheds light on the exploitative world of strip clubs and so-called gentlemen clubs. Shortly after Milano&#8217;s, Inc. purchased a Topeka strip club called Club Orleans in 2002,  company President John Samples [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago&#8217;s Innovative Effort to Stop Wage Theft</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The city of Chicago this month  became the second, and biggest, city to pass an ordinance addressing the problem of  wage theft. The Chicago ordinance appears to be an innovative and potentially highly effective initiative to combat a  problem that disproportionately affects low wage workers and undocumented immigrants.   The ordinance states any licensee that is in the business [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Courts Disregard Longstanding Worker Rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Workers continue to lose ground in federal courts, where judges are disregarding a ruling by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that says companies cannot require workers to sign away their right to bring class action arbitrations and lawsuits.  The NLRB&#8217;s  administrative decision in January  served as a theoretical  counterpoint to an earlier 5-to-4  decision by the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Employers that Bully</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2012 04:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people who think of workplace bullies invoke the image of the combative boss played by Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glenn Ross or the passive-hostile magazine editor played by Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada. But some workplace bullies are not individuals but the employer itself – a fact that often gets lost in [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Wage Theft Goes Unpunished</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 03:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Where Theft is Legal Mapping Wage Theft Laws in the 50 States]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you rob a liquor store and get caught, you may serve time in prison. But nothing much happens when an unscrupulous employer steals money from an employee’s paycheck. That’s the sad conclusion of a national report recently released by the Progressive States Network (PSN), entitled,  Where Theft is Legal: Mapping Wage Theft Laws in [&#8230;]]]></description>
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