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Tigard women accused of forcing 3 people to work as indentured servants
27 Sep 2024 22:58 GMT
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A mother and daughter in Tigard were arraigned in federal court on Friday after being arrested for using force and threats on three people in their care for indentured servitude.
Marie Gertrude Jean Valmont, 66, and Yolandita Marie …
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Springfield temp agency accused of exploitation of migrant workers
01 Oct 2024 14:27 GMT
… working at First Diversity. Workers spoke of paychecks that never … people with jobs. We improve the lives of Haitian migrant workers, which … being exploited for their labor go as far back as …
"They're indentured servants," local Mark Sanders said …
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Foreign-Born Nurses Who Quit Their U.S. Jobs Face A Legal Nightmare
21 Sep 2024 12:57 GMT
… soon feel stuck in their jobs, thanks to what critics call … School of Industrial and Labor Relations
MedPro workers also run the risk … the case had the words “indentured servant” in the headline. As part … nurses to stay in their jobs.”
AAA said it is “ …
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Amazon raises its minimum wage, but St. Louis-area workers say it's not enough
18 Sep 2024 22:54 GMT
… know nothing moves without the workers,” said Ash Judd, an employee … a Wednesday rally of Amazon workers calling for a $25-an … are not the only objection workers have to Amazon’s business … kind of like being an indentured servant. We’ll give you this …
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St. Louis-area Amazon workers say it’s ‘prime time’ for better pay
18 Sep 2024 19:15 GMT
… kind of like being an indentured servant — we’ll give you this … a criteria for discipline.
Some workers shared their experiences and said … hour pay for all Amazon workers.
Christian Gooden, Post-Dispatch
… he’s applied to other jobs, Judd said not many places …
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Government Union’s Top Workers’ Rights Official Mistreated Employees, Probe Finds
22 Jul 2024 13:51 GMT
… “promot[ing] civil, human, and workers’ rights for the more than … and treated his employees as “indentured servants.”
Another employee said he “bullies …
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California lawmakers add measure to end forced prison labor to the November ballot
27 Jun 2024 20:42 GMT
… making jobs for those incarcerated voluntary.
“The current practice of forced labor … Finance estimated that barring forced labor could cost the state billions … today we have thousands of indentured servants in our penal system.” The …
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How the Labor of Enslaved Black Men Built the White House
05 Jun 2024 11:35 GMT
… how grueling and essential their labor was, virtually nothing is known … laborers, joined by white wage workers and indentured servants, began clearing trees and … workers performed, the commissioners decided to greatly expand the variety of jobs …
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Let the Dead Speak: Forgotten Workers
28 May 2024 09:23 GMT
… Headlines, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Labour, Migration & Refugees, TerraViva United … Since the sixteenth century an indentured servant was usually a labourer contracted … The number of international migrant workers is currently totalling 170 million …
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Owner of Vashon Island landscaping company sentenced for labor, human trafficking
01 May 2024 16:25 GMT
… to human trafficking and forced labor.
According to the U. … was convicted of exploiting the labor of seven people not … in fact subjecting would-be workers into a life of … treated them as indentured servants, forcing them to perform unpaid labor both at …