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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Thu May 1, 2014, 02:44 PM May 2014

CORINNE LESTCH

Dozens of building workers protested wage theft and unfair working conditions Thursday in front of a dormitory being constructed for Pace University, which hired a subcontractor with a history of mistreating employees.

The workers claim subcontractor Thomas Auringer, who is the subject of a class action lawsuit filed last summer, violated federal minimum wage and overtime laws.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/construction-workers-protest-wage-theft-poor-working-conditions-pace-university-dorm-job-blog-entry-1.1775609#ixzz30UVLvsDZ