Blogs

  • Unable to Cut Hourly Wages to $8, Hugo Boss Tries to Flee Overseas
    Debbie Kline
    February 1, 2010
    After unsuccessfully demanding workers take a 33 percent pay cut, Hugo Boss gave notice of their intent to shutter their plant and lay off 400 workers. Cleveland Jobs with Justice is standing with the workers and their union in a fight to save the last clothing manufacturer in the city.
  • No Patience Left for InkStop's Wage Theft
    Debbie Kline
    November 2, 2009

    InkStop, a chain of ink cartridge and small electronics stores, closed its 152 locations nationwide on October 1—without warning. InkStop’s owner Dirk Kettlewell had predicted profits by the end of this year thanks to over $80 million from private investors. Now he and the company’s board have shut it all down, bilking those investors and leaving 550 employees without pay for their last three weeks of work.