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world1 month ago•4 min saved

Video of four migrant workers burned alive spotlights Italy’s labor abuse crisis

A video circulated by NBC News shows four migrant farm workers burned to death at a Calabria gas station, fueling a national reckoning over exploitation by gangmasters in Italy’s agriculture sector. Authorities call it a massacre, two suspects have been arrested (reported as Pakistani), and survivors recount coercive control and dangerous, under‑paid conditions that trap migrants in the hands of intermediaries as Italy grapples with structural labor abuse.

via NBC News|

#gangmasters #human-rights #italy

world6 months ago•1 min saved

Inside Myanmar's Shunda Park: A Global Scam Factory Hidden in a War Zone

A Times investigation reveals Shunda Park, a vast online scam complex near Myanmar's war-torn border, where thousands from nearly 30 countries are recruited—sometimes kidnapped—and forced to run fraudulent operations from glossy office spaces adorned with motivational slogans.

via The New York Times|

#investigative-journalism #labor-exploitation #myanmar

labor-rights3 years ago•2 min saved

Rising Demand for Young Bartenders Sparks State Legislation

Several states in the United States are lowering the minimum age for serving alcohol, with at least nine states introducing bills to do so. The restaurant industry, facing challenges in hiring workers, has supported these bills. However, labor experts warn that lowering the alcohol service age puts teenagers at risk of sexual harassment, underage drinking, and other harms. The restaurant industry already has the highest number of child labor law violations. These efforts to lower the alcohol serving age are part of a larger trend of loosening child labor protections in states across the country, with violations of child labor laws rapidly increasing.

via CNN|

#alcohol-service-age #child-labor #labor-exploitation