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Search results for "Chinese laborers" ...
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"The Great Walls of Chinatown"
In November 2008, approximately three-dozen Chinese workers were evicted from their cramped living quarters in Manhattan's Chinatown. They were living in cubicles, cooking on hot plates and sharing one bathroom. Once evacuated, the tenants were sent to vastly improved temporary living quarters, however, the small community fought for a year to return to their cramped home in Chinatown.
Tags: Chinatown; Manhattan; Bronx; Bowery; Chinese laborers
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Secrets, Lies, and Sweatshops
Although American businesses claim to exploit "sweatshop" labor with on-site monitoring and strict codes of conduct, Chinese factories are hiding the abuse. The factories have been found to have two sets of books to fool the auditors and its employees are given written scripts in case they are questioned.
Tags: China; children; wages; sweatshop; Ningbo Beifa Group; contractor; violation
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Death on the Job
"Immigrants face workplace hazards with alarming frequency, especially in NY state". A 5-part Newsday investigation found that New York has the nation's highest rate of immigrants killed in the workplace and government agencies routinely fail to investigate deaths, enforce laws and provide timely compensation for victims and their families.
Tags: Immigration; Labor; INS; New York; illegal workers; FOIA; OSHA; NIOSH; Workers' Compensation; Omni Recycling; CDC; NLRB; sweatshops; Hispanic immigrants; Chinese immigrants
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Sweat and Tears (Sweatshop series)
A Daily News investigation reveals that "New York City's garment industry routinely violates federal and state wage and hour laws." All major retailers sell clothes made in New York sweatshops by exploiting illegal Chinese immigrants. Garment workers work long hours for seven days a week, and get wages below the minimum of $5.15 per hour. Federal labor officials, as well as a state labor task force, keep "violations secret from retailers to protect brand name reputations and preserve business for local manufacturers and contractors." The investigation examines the price-making principles of the apparel market, and finds that avoiding illegal practices will have to either raise the clothes' prices, or cut the retailers' profits.
Tags: CAR; business; wages; unions; Chinese immigrants; illegal immigration; Federal Trade Commission; FOI requests; exploitation; teen fashions; Jenna LaneRampage; Dollhouse; Periscope; Asian Americans; civil rights violations; INS; OSHA; workplace safety; database mapping project