That’s not wage theft, that’s capitalism.
Edit: Now that I’m on break I can give an example that I experienced. My boss was trimming hours off of my checks at my first job. Like I’d work 40, he’d pay me for 35. I’d constantly have to get on his as to get a check for those hours. Eventually the place got shut down for other reasons.
Profit isn’t illegal, so it’s not technically theft in any legal sense. But if a single individual (the owner) takes the fruit of an organizations labor and doesn’t distribute the entirety of that fruit to the workers (including themselves) and continual operation of the business, they are essentially stealing what is due to the business and workers. If the owner skimming off the top weren’t there, the workers would distribute the fruits equally, and ensure some is set aside for business costs.
