forced labor

In a lawsuit alleging systematic wage theft, thousands of detained immigrants held at GEO Group’s Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) were certified as a class by a federal judge.
The United States District Court for the Western District of Washington rejected an argument by the private prison contractor that the immigrants are “unemployable” by GEO—because they “lack work authorization”—and so they cannot claim the contractor has violated the state’s minimum wage law.

The awe-inspiring skyscrapers and buildings that litter the region have been described as being “stained by the blood of migrant workers.” This subjugation of laborers lines corporate coffers while putting the lives of migrant workers at risk.
Though many believe slavery is a thing of the past, it is very much alive in the regimes of the Persian Gulf.

The truly disingenuous motivation for Nestle’s confession was recently made completely apparent.
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