How they are participating

The DC EJC is organizing a "Twitter Storm" where we will be asking our volunteers and allies to tweet about about wage theft, one of the most common employment issues facing low-income workers in DC. Wage theft is when employers have not paid their employees the wages they are entitled to either by denying them the minimum wage, overtime or often, simply not paying them at all. It is estimated that two-thirds or more workers have their wages stolen every week.

Can you help us spread the word about how to support the fight against wage theft by tweeting between 1:30 and 3:30 on Tuesday, November 27th? Some example tweets include:

Two-thirds of low-wage workers were not paid what they earned last week. bit.ly/QZb3YR #wagetheft, #dcejc, #givingtuesday

Employers who steal from their workers usually don’t file payroll taxes either. bit.ly/QZb3YR #wagetheft, #dcejc, #givingtuesday

An average low-wage worker loses $2634 each year oftn while trying to support a fam bit.ly/QZb3YR #wagetheft, #dcejc, #givingtuesday

On thanksgiving we gave thanks, now let’s give back to stop #wagetheft #dcejc #givingtuesday bit.ly/QZb3YR

For low-income workers #wagetheft means severe consequences: missed payments and even foreclosures bit.ly/QZb3YR #dcejc
#givingtuesday