JustAManOnAToilet@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year ago‘Unprecedented’ theft contributed to $112 billion in retail losses last yearwww.seattletimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down131
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minus-squareSeaJ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 year agoThe EPI estimated about $50 billion per year in wage theft back in 2014 which would equate to about $65 billion today. It could also have changed a bit since then. https://www.epi.org/press/wage-theft-costs-american-workers-50-billion/ The EPI is fairly leftist economically so make a mental note of that when reading it.
minus-squareSkyezOpen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 year agoLet’s run those numbers again but pretend wages have kept up with inflation. Bet it’s higher.
The EPI estimated about $50 billion per year in wage theft back in 2014 which would equate to about $65 billion today. It could also have changed a bit since then.
https://www.epi.org/press/wage-theft-costs-american-workers-50-billion/
The EPI is fairly leftist economically so make a mental note of that when reading it.
Let’s run those numbers again but pretend wages have kept up with inflation. Bet it’s higher.