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Elon Musk Faces Lawsuit in California for Alleged Labor Law Violations Amid Claims of Unpaid Wages

Elon Musk’s America Pac, a canvassing operation in support of Donald Trump and the Republican party, is facing a lawsuit filed by two women. They allege that they were underpaid and denied reimbursement for expenses incurred during their work to rally support for Republican congresswoman Michelle Steel. The lawsuit claims that the women were promised an hourly wage but were instead paid by the number of houses they visited. No specific amounts have been mentioned yet. Defendants in the suit include America Pac, a hiring and payroll company called Liberty Staffing Services, the Blair Group which is a national canvassing company and Michelle Steel’s re-election campaign.

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US judge strikes down Biden administration ban on worker ‘noncompete’ agreements

Noncompete agreements – the bane of the working class. As a regular worker, it baffles me that these clauses even exist, especially without any accompanying compensation. The recent news of a US judge striking down a ban on worker noncompete agreements imposed by the Biden administration sheds light on how the judiciary seems bent on favoring corporations over ordinary individuals. It’s disheartening to see the FTC, the agency tasked with enforcing federal antitrust laws, being limited in its ability to curb unfair business practices.

My personal encounter with noncompete clauses was through my wife’s experience with a poorly written agreement that restricted her from working in her field for a year.… Continue reading

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