To the Editor:

I write to congratulate Heather Howard, John Heilner, Bob Hough, Elisa Neira, Maria Juega, Mayor Lempert, the Princeton Council, and the many others who have worked so effectively to give voice and legal support to those landscape workers whose wages are being stolen in our town. It was uplifting to listen to undocumented residents of our town who now trust our government and our police enough to come forward in support of the wage-theft ordinance. As Councilwoman Howard stated “It will make Princeton a more humane community.”

Plain-dealing and fairness have long been hallmarks of the United States of America. To agree with another to hire him or her at a mutually agreed-upon price for an agreed-upon amount of hours of work and, then, after the work is done, not pay what is owing is not just a shocking, but morally bankrupt practice. I am proud of our government for being the second town in New Jersey to adopt this ordinance. Well done.

Sheldon Sturges

Cameron Court