U.S. companies are stealing pay from low-wage workers, report says

On a Tuesday afternoon last June, Humberto was yanking old wires from the walls of a middle school in suburban Birmingham, Alabama, when his cellphone rang. Humberto's wife, who had just returned from her weekly trip to the grocery store, was on the line. 

"Our account is negative," she said. The 45-year-old electrician, who spoke on the condition that he be identified by his middle name because he is undocumented, had been working 10 hours a day, six days a week as part of a $200 million renovation project. This was how he learned that his $1,250 paycheck had bounced.