.@TowardsJustice is committed to helping workers fight employer-driven debt that strips them of their bargaining power and shifts the costs of doing business from corporations onto workers. Read this piece about our most recent case:

huffpost.com/entry/amerifli… Employer-driven debt can be devastating to working people, but because it slips between the cracks of consumer, labor, and unfair competition law, it hasn't gotten enough attention from federal agencies. We've seen some important signs of progress from the @FTC and @CFPB

Involuntary servitude & peonage are all around us. Thought I'd highlight one powerful example from an @TowardsJustice case. We represent former child-support debtors in PA who say the county and private companies forced them to work for $5.00 a DAY at a local recycling center/1 The case, which is now before the Third Circuit, involves allegations of the horrific working conditions our clients were subjected to every day during their months of work at the Lackawanna County Recycling Center. From the complaint:

Work from home schemes like this illustrate so many problems with work--and this is a super important action by @AGKarlRacine. /1
oag.dc.gov/release/ag-rac… Especially during the pandemic, these companies have targeted women of color in particular with sub-minimum wage jobs through the false promise of autonomy and entrepreneurial opportunity. These jobs often involve brutal work quotas and intense minute-by-minute surveillance. /2

The OSHA decision is about dismantling the administrative state in service of corporate power. This isn’t our first rodeo, and unless we make some big changes (cough, expand the court), we should get used to it. But it also reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of work. /1 Throughout the pandemic, @TowardsJustice has represented workers terrified of going to work. These workers were told they were “essential,” but for most, all that meant was they’d lose everything unless they subjected themselves and their families to risk of injury or death. /2