Showing posts with label slavery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label slavery. Show all posts

Thursday, April 21, 2011

The Global Horizons Take-Down

YES!  BUSTED!  I first heard of this story a year ago, and it was very disturbing.  Glad this appear to be moving forward on putting these fucking assholes in jail for slavery...

http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/21/feds-file-human-trafficking-suit-against-farm-labor-contractor/?hpt=T2

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Ford Gets Cut-throat

http://www.freep.com/article/20101009/BUSINESS01/10090322/

Ok, I get needing to do things "affordably", but paying a skilled/semi-skilled worker $14 an hour, equals less than $30K a year.  People can't live on that, even in/near Detroit.  Just a few dollars more would make a huge difference overall...  Come on, we know Americans are generally overpaid, but don't drive us into the ground so fast.