The Wage Justice Center fights for greater economic equality for California’s working poor and economic justice for all workers in the increasingly integrated global economy. By developing and promoting innovative legal strategies, The Wage Justice Center collects unpaid wages from exploitative employers who routinely escape consequences at the expense of workers who are often just one paycheck away from homelessness.

Low-wage-industry employers routinely escape consequences for exploitative labor practices using shell corporations, alteration of legal title, fraudulent transfers of assets, and other schemes to escape legal liability for unpaid wages.       

The Wage Justice Center collaborates with community groups, workers’ centers, and legal services providers to advance low-income workers’ rights, educating workers and advocates on the law and best practices for collecting unpaid wages. By vindicating low-income workers basic legal rights, The Wage Justice Center helps low-wage workers develop a stake in our society; thereby emboldening long abused and ignored workers to exercise their rights and improve their conditions.