Workers File Liens to Secure Unpaid Wages
Employees of two local businesses resort to legal action to ensure they are paid for their labor.
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Milo Ross has brought suit in the superior court against the Winkleman Mill company of South Prairie for $131.44, which he declares is due himself and others for labor, and asks the court to record his claim as a lien against the property. The Winkleman company has deposited with the county clerk a sum sufficient to cover the lien in order that the mill might continue in operation. John M. Boyd has brought suit against the South Tacoma Steam Laundry for $80.00, wages due the employees. He asks in the complaint to have the institution placed in the hands of a receiver. It is stated that the case will be settled out of court.
“He asks in the complaint to have the institution placed in the hands of a receiver.”
Wage theft and the struggle for reliable pay remain a contemporary issue for low-wage laborers in the Pacific Northwest. Filing a lien was, and remains, a vital legal tool for workers to secure payment when a company faces financial instability.
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