What’s the point of working for a living if you don’t get paid for it?

Connecticut faces a growing crisis: a mounting backlog of wage complaints at the state’s Department of Labor. As recently reported by The Connecticut Mirror , workers who allege they’ve been denied their rightful earnings often wait months, even years, for their claims to be addressed. This delay isn’t just an inconvenience; it’s a functional denial of justice that can have severe consequences, especially for workers living paycheck to paycheck (whom the Mirror article laudably highlights).