Progressive commentators slam billionaire CEOs and far-right Trump allies for distracting from the real threat to workers: exploitation by the wealthy. It's time to fight back for fair treatment of all workers. #WorkersRights
It’s absolutely fucking flabbergasting that that hasn’t always been the case, everywhere. I mean, WTF: the word “theft” is right there in the damn name!
There were recently a few egregious cases that were heavily fined. I suspect that if they were prosecuted with these new laws the outcome would be prison, but I’m not a lawyer and I don’t pretend to be one on the Internet.
In Australia we just made wage theft a criminal offence:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-30/wage-theft-crime-jail-intentional-fair-work/104758608
It’s absolutely fucking flabbergasting that that hasn’t always been the case, everywhere. I mean, WTF: the word “theft” is right there in the damn name!
ahh…
I see your society still believes in the rule of law.
I’ll believe it when I see a CEO extradited to Aus for it.
Cool, but I doubt anyone will actually see jail time. Maybe a fall guy, at best.
There were recently a few egregious cases that were heavily fined. I suspect that if they were prosecuted with these new laws the outcome would be prison, but I’m not a lawyer and I don’t pretend to be one on the Internet.
711 probably deserves it from what I’ve heard
Oh, but that’s but a ten year long accident, nothing deliberate /s