Debt in paradise

On the ground with wage theft

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Published 20180501
ISBN: 9781925603323
Extent: 264pp
Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

ANNIE TRIED TO leave. She had no cash, just a car full of possessions. She’d worked full-time for four weeks with not a cent to show for it.

‘Wait on, you owe us $60.’

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