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Article

15 Mar 2007

Author:
US Human Rights Network

Mississippi Ship Manufacturer Accused of Holding Indian Workers Against their Will [USA]

More than three hundred Indian workers…claim that their employer, Signal International…is guilty of extreme labor exploitation… The workers report living in substandard conditions in the camps where Signal has housed them... Last week, Signal conducted a raid of the workers camp. Company representatives entered with armed security guards and took six workers. The company locked the workers in a room and told them they will be sent back to India.