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More US Employers Are Trapping Workers in a New Form of Indentured Servitude – Truthout
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More US Employers Are Trapping Workers in a New Form of Indentured Servitude – Truthout

ByEyes on Trafficking News

  Bosses in industries such as retail, health care and logistics are reverting to an old tactic and trapping people in miserable jobs by threatening to saddle them with debt if they quit. Workers across the United States in fields ranging from nursing to trucking have been discouraged from leaving jobs they hate or can’t…

Trapped at sea: how U.K. migration policies drive exploitation in fishing
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Trapped at sea: how U.K. migration policies drive exploitation in fishing

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Imagine being trapped on a boat with no toilets or showers, facing sea conditions that the vessel is not fit for. This is the reality of James*, a migrant fisherman working in the U.K.   What bothers him most is the cold; there is no heater and temperatures drop below 0°C (32° F). But James…