A Civil Rights Issue: The Minimum Wage & Wage Theft by Christopher Brown, Anita Li, Indi Dutta-Gupta, Laura Tatum and Emily Chatterjee | Dec 18, 2018 | Fact Sheet Download Fact Sheet Raising the minimum wage, improving wage theft protections, and eliminating the tipped minimum wage can help ensure workers’ receive their legally owed earnings and improve their economic security.