The Wage Justice Center Launched in L.A.

Two USC Law grads, Melvin Yee and Matt Sirolly (photo at left), have received seed funding to launch The Wage Justice Center, a nonprofit in Los Angeles that works to provide systematic enforcement of wage judgments and protection of basic economic rights for workers:

The Wage Justice Center works to provide a systematic solution to protect the basic economic rights of workers and enforce the collection of the approximately $50 million in unpaid wages by these employers, who have previously escaped consequences. By developing new strategies to enforce wage judgments and educate workers, advocates, and the public, The Wage Justice Center will compel employers to redistribute the capital obtained by violating workers’ rights laws. The Wage Justice Center's unique approach of enforcing judgments and creating a permanent enforcement mechanism for wage rights will contribute to the growing national movement of organizations that combat the systemic inequality facing America’s poorest workers.

Best of luck to Mssrs. Yee and Sirolly on this important project!

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