Filipino guest workers say Star One Staffing let off light by NYSDOL

See Ripoff firm got slap on wrist, workers say, NYDN, 11/24/08, at 22

-70 workers on guest worker visas claim forced to live in squalid houses with deductions from wages while working at exclusive country clubs

Mexican bracero guest farm workers eligible for backpay from 1942-64

SeeOwed back pay, guest workers comb the past, NYT, 11/24/08, at A1

NYDN Editorial Calls Obama to End Labor Wage and Hour Abuses

See Barack, attack labor abuses, NYDN, 11/20/08, at 27

Sushi deliverymen at Republic in NYC claim retaliation for seeking OT wages

See Sushi-suit workers cry foul, NYP, 11/2/08, at 24

-influenced by Chinese Staff & Workers Association

Iowa Meatpacker Agriprocessors Fined $10 Million For Wage Violations

See Meatpacker is fined nearly $10 Million, NYT, 10/30/08, at A22

-illegal uniform deductions, sales tax deductions, failure to give final paychecks

-previously child labor, identity theft, document fraud