Latino workers in Ohio owed $80,000 blow the whistle & seek justice
Community comes together for support
Seventeen carpenters working under companies Cleveland Construction, Marous Brothers, and Tremax have not been paid for their labor on off-campus housing projects at Miami University along with projects in Cleveland, including the AC Marriot and the Halle Building. The workers’ demands for payment were not met, so they filed liens on these developments.* In total, the workers are owed an estimated $81,500, including one individual who is owed over $26,000 in unpaid wages.
Researchers estimate that Cleveland employees experience wage theft in excess of 50 million dollars per year. Wage theft occurs any time an employee is paid less than all wages owed via off-the-clock work, no overtime pay, illegal deductions, kickbacks, and confiscation of tips by management, to name a few examples. Workers, alongside leaders from faith and labor groups and community activists have come together to improve the quality of life in Cleveland by opposing wage theft. The Cincinnati Interfaith Workers’ Center and their allies have joined with workers and community members in Cleveland to fight injustice on an important wage theft case.
Join the Cincinnati Interfaith Workers’ Center and the Cleveland community for a rally at the Halle Building to demand justice and stand in solidarity with these workers! The action will take place at the Halle Building in Cleveland, Ohio, located at 1228 Euclid Ave., 44115 on Thursday, November 15th at 10 AM.
According to Manuel Perez of the Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Center: “wage theft is a real problem in our community. The only way that will change is if people are brave enough to stand up to these abuses. That’s why we are proud to stand with these workers and demand justice, payment in full.”
Supportive students, like Madison Britt are also stepping forward. “As a Miami University Student and workers’ rights activist, I am disappointed and appalled by the accounts of stolen wages so close to home, near my college campus. Students at Miami will not stand for wage theft in Oxford, or Cleveland, or anywhere else, and demand justice for these workers.”
* Cuyahoga County Fiscal Officer Document # 201809240123 & 201810180284
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