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		<title>Yesterday, I handed a settlement check to a former slave</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sabrahamson@dcejc.org</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I handed a lawsuit settlement check to a former slave. Can you believe the year is 2012 and I work in the nation’s capital? We still see extraordinary workplace abuses: a man who had worked for $100 a week for years; a woman who had been fired for leaving the factory floor to go...]]></description>
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		<title>Check out what the EJC accomplished in 2011!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janaki Spickard-Keeler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out what the EJC accomplished in 2011! 2011 was an exciting year for the Employment Justice Center!  Take a look at our 2011 Annual Impact Report to see some of the victories you&#8217;ve helped us achieve this past year: We secured more than $765,000 in back pay and damages on behalf low-wage workers in...]]></description>
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		<title>What would you do if your boss slipped $50 out of your wallet every week?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ari Weisbard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many low-wage workers, it’s not a hypothetical question. Businesses routinely refuse to pay the correct hourly wage, dodge taxes by misclassifying workers, refuse to pay workers earned overtime, and make employees work “off the clock.” More than 2 out of 3 low-wage workers experienced at least one type of wage theft in the previous...]]></description>
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		<title>Fair Budget Coalition Gets Mayor Gray&#8217;s Attention</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ari Weisbard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EJC staff and several other members of DC&#8217;s Fair Budget Coalition showed up at Mayor Gray&#8217;s press conference today and grabbed the Mayor&#8217;s attention for an impromptu discussion of the needs of DC&#8217;s lower income residents. We pushed him to invest in programs and policies that help people afford to live in their community, protect...]]></description>
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		<title>Shirley&#8217;s Story</title>
		<link>http://www.dcejc.org/2011/11/shirley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DC EJC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Working with EJC – they have helped me get my benefits restored that were stolen from me for over seven years and they are still helping me to get my life insurance and my retirement benefits that have been illegally stolen, withheld or have disappeared.” -Shirley Shirley was injured on the job with the DC...]]></description>
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		<title>EJC Welcomes New Executive Director</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DC EJC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The EJC is excited to announce that Barbra Kavanaugh Esq. has been named Executive Director of The DC Employment Justice Center.   Following a methodical and thorough search process, the search committee — comprised of members of the board and community leaders — enthusiastically selected Barbra to lead The EJC&#8217;s ongoing efforts to protect and...]]></description>
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		<title>Carolina&#8217;s Story</title>
		<link>http://www.dcejc.org/2011/10/carolina/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DC EJC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I just want to say that I’m very grateful to E.J.C. for all of the advice and the support they’ve given me.” -Carolina When the owner of the company she worked at started to sexually harass her, Carolina tried to protect herself by telling her coworkers, but nobody had the power to stop him.  When...]]></description>
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		<title>Andrew&#8217;s Story</title>
		<link>http://www.dcejc.org/2011/10/andre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DC EJC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I’m here because my job wouldn’t give me my pay stubs and they were taking money out of my check without my knowledge” -Andrew Andrew works in construction, and his specialty is glass. One of his previous employers automatically deducted anything Andrew broke out of his paycheck. This practice is illegal unless the employer has...]]></description>
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