More than 100 Indians who moved to the US for jobs have marched hundreds of miles to Washington DC in protest at being forced to work "like slaves".Apparently businesses are missing their yearly dose of cheap exploitable labor...
The men plan to take their protest to the Indian ambassador.
The men say recruiters tricked them into paying up to $20,000 each for a new life in the US, where they then had to work in exploitative conditions.
The Mississippi firm that employed them, Signal International, has denied they were mistreated.
It says the men were paid wages above the local average and given good accommodation.
It accuses the recruitment firm of deceiving the Indians and has now ended its contract.
It is also demanding the recruiters return the fees the men paid them.
We have undocumented workers, recent 'illegal aliens' and those who have lived in this country for decades in 'detention centers' being run by private companies where the people in these prisons have no legal recourse, no voice, no ability to see their American-born children. What is happening there?
Why am I getting continual hits on my 'Slavery is good' posts?
WTF?
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and at the risk of being a pessimist, one wonders how much things will change after november, in that regard. probably not as much as we'd like, and probably not very quickly.
Yes. At least the bought and paid for politician will be OUR bought and paid for politician.
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