Friday, April 19, 2013

a hell-hole with slavery labour conditions

"At least 27 migrant workers have been shot and wounded at a strawberry farm in Greece after demanding unpaid wages from their employers, according to police." "Greece is an entry route for Asian and African migrants trying to enter the European Union, but the PAME union said the episode was only the latest in a country with a long history of abusing migrant workers. "Growers and landowners have operated with cover from the government and justice for years, creating a hell-hole with slavery labour conditions," the union said. "Modern slaves in Manolada work in stifling conditions, pay rent to their exploiters and are lodged in sheds without water and electricity, piled upon each other"."