Israel accused of breaking global labor law by withholding Palestinian worker pay
Israel accused of breaking global labor law by withholding Palestinian worker pay
www.theguardian.com Israel accused of breaking global labor law by withholding Palestinian worker pay
Unions say ‘blatant’ violations of international wage protections have tipped many into extreme poverty
Michael Sainato Fri 27 Sep 2024 03.00 EDT
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What's it called when you force people to work for you without pay?
USA worker? /s
The US has not signed the ILO convention C095 - Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95)
USA prisoner.
Literally:
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Gives some context to why US judges give people of colour disproportionately long sentences for a given crime.