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Critics say labor law enforcement is effectively defunded

Original: "We have already 100% defunded the police that address corporate abuse of workers." That's 600 to 700 federal investigat

Labor advocates are pointing out that the US has effectively stripped enforcement of workplace protections, calling it a '100% defunding' of the police who address corporate abuse of workers. Citing labor lawyer Terri Gerstein, they note there are only 600 to 700 federal investigators for the entire country, Florida has no state labor department at all, and wage theft in the US equals all other theft combined.

Why now: Renewed debate over weak enforcement of labor laws and wage theft is drawing attention to how few federal workplace investigators exist.

Terri GersteinFloridaUS Department of Labor

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• "We have already 100% defunded the police that address corporate abuse of workers." That's 600 to 700 federal investigators for the whole country, no state labor department at all in Florida, and wage theft that equals all other theft combined. Via labor lawyer Terri Gerstein… · bestoftheleft · 6

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