PA-GOV: Josh Shapiro sued this company for wage theft. Now, they're endorsing his opponent
One of labor’s biggest compliments for Gov. Josh Shapiro has been his work reigning in wage theft violations and worker misclassification throughout his tenure as attorney general and governor.
“As attorney general, [Shapiro] put together a unit to go after wage theft and to go after misclassification and things like that. Things that we care about, that we’ve been talking about for a long time,” Daniel Bauder, President of the Philadelphia AFL-CIO, said in a previous interview.
He added, “[Shapiro] has been able to get something done in that arena and has had historic victories in court as attorney general and criminal penalties for people who were practicing wage theft.”
While serving as attorney general, Shapiro sued Glenn O. Hawbaker, a Centre County contractor, for committing the largest act of wage theft in US history. Now, owners and family members associated with the company are backing Shapiro’s gubernatorial opponent, Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity.
https://keystonenewsroom.com/2026/02/17/shapiro-wage-theft-lawsuit/