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Article

16 Jul 2007

Author:
Brian Beutler, Media Consortium, in AlterNet [USA]

In the Lawless Post-Katrina Cleanup, Construction Companies Are Preying on Workers [USA]

In the two years since the [Katrina] disaster, there have been thousands of testimonials...about a wide taxonomy of abuses.The most frequent complaint workers cite is withheld wages, but almost as numerous are accusations of employee intimidation, toxic and hazardous working conditions, immigrant abuse, trafficking, exploitation and monetary extortion. [refers to Phoenix & Global, ECC]