Washington, Sept. 3 -- Representative Seth Magaziner issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) announced today that U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) has introduced companion legislation in the Senate to Magaziner's Don't Stand for Taking Employed Americans' Livings (Don't STEAL) Act, marking a step forward for his effort to make wage theft a federal crime nationwide.
"It is outrageous that in the United States of America, someone can face jail time for stealing a television but get only a slap on the wrist for stealing wages from a worker's paycheck," said Magaziner. "I am grateful to Senator Gillibrand for leading the fight in the Senate to make wage theft a federal crime an...