wage theft

LOS ANGELES —  It’s a relationship that began in 2012, and has paid off for Filipino workers. Consul General Adelio Cruz and Ruben Rosales of the U.S. Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division signed a moratorium...

NEW YORK — Coming to America from the Middle East was a dream come true for this Filipina domestic worker, Edith Mendoza. A promise of a steady housekeeping and nanny job that pays $10 dollars an hour...

A Filipina restaurant owner from Port Chester, New York could go to jail for six months, unless she pays back stolen wages from her former employees by June. Elisa Parto, owner of Elisa’s Food & Plus,...

by Don Tagala, ABS-CBN News   NEW YORK CITY — A Filipina nanny, brought to the US from Hong Kong, sued her employers for unfair labor practice is now getting settlement money for unpaid wages and stolen...

SAN FRANCISCO – The recent signing of a memorandum between the United States Labor Department and the Philippine consulate established a partnership to promote and defend labor rights of all Filipino workers regardless of their immigration...

BERKELEY, Calif. – It may have taken eight years for Andrea Almario’s experience as an undocumented immigrant to come to the stage; however, she says the time was necessary. “Chasing Papeles” was written and directed by...

Feb. 1, 2016 NEW YORK CITY – Maria Elena Bolocon came to the United States from Italy last September under a B1 Business visa, as the domestic employee of Aldo and Aurora Sermoneta, owners of the...

SAN FRANCISCO – Fifty years ago, thousands of Filipino American labor workers sparked the farm labor movement of the 20th century when they refused to work under unfair wages and working conditions. And today Pinoys in...

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Chants against wage theft echoed through this San Jose, Calif. neighborhood Saturday afternoon as protesters demanded justice for two Pinoy caregivers. They are protesting against Bayview Care Home and its former owner,...

NEW YORK – A Filipino reporter for a weekly newspaper in New York called “Filipino Reporter” is suing his former employers — including its dead founder and owner Libertito “Bert” Pelayo who passed away last February....