Indian Workers Marching To Washington D.C. To Protest Their Exploitation

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Workers Independent News

As the nation faces protests over the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War, a group of Indian nationals are marching to Washington for a whole other reason. Jesse Russell reports:

Nearly 100 Indian workers who allege they were exploited through human trafficking between an Indian and U.S. company are marching from New Orleans to Washington, DC to hold accountable Indian Ambassador to the United States Ronen Sen who they say has been unresponsive to their situation. The workers were hired by an Indian recruiter on behalf of Signal International, a U.S. oil rig construction company. The workers allege they arrived in New Orleans and have since been forced to work under exploitive conditions. The workers say they are launching a “satyagraha” (sut-yaah-gra-huh) against the ambassador. They contrasted their march with the “salt satyagraha” employed by Mahatma Gandhi as a form of non-violent protest against the British salt tax in colonial India. The workers said that the ambassadors response to their plight was to send diplomats uneducated “on the issue of human trafficking who held meetings” on company grounds under the company’s watch. The workers have also asked for the embassy to put pressure on the United States to restrict travel to India for Signal’s recruiters.


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[ConcernedCanuk]

1. Steve - can you shrink that banner for the Workers Independent News to about 600px wide?

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I have to scroll sideways to read your post.

But to the topic

It amazes me that with all the unemployment on this Continent that we import labor from other nations.

FUBAR

That's what we are.

Oh - did it for you

copy it and paste it wherever.

If you hotlink it, which you can, I may run out of bandwidth,

but you are welcome to "steal" it.