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Israel accused of breaking global labor law by withholding Palestinian worker pay (www.theguardian.com)

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Michael Sainato Fri 27 Sep 2024 03.00 EDT

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

What's it called when you force people to work for you without pay?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

USA worker? /s

The US has not signed the ILO convention C095 - Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

USA prisoner.

Literally:

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Gives some context to why US judges give people of colour disproportionately long sentences for a given crime.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

That's just slavery with extra steps!