Portland wage thief steals $195,000 over 14 years from migrant caregiver

Portland wage thief steals $195,000 over 14 years from migrant caregiver

PORTLAND, Ore.—Tita Maria, a Filipino immigrant who works as a caregiver at a care home in Portland, has become the face of wage theft in town. Over the course of 14 years on the job and being paid less than $50 a day, it’s estimated that her employer could have stolen up to $195,000 in wages that she should have been due. Maria immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 52 due to a lack of economic opportunity in the Philippines and the need to suppo…