A Hindu sect with close ties to the ruling party got Dalit labor workers on false pretenses to the US to build a temple
Only to pay them $1/day, seize their passports & keep them locked up in inhuman conditions.
Is this the Hinduphobia they speak of?
nytimes.com/2021/05/11/nyr…
Only to pay them $1/day, seize their passports & keep them locked up in inhuman conditions.
Is this the Hinduphobia they speak of?
nytimes.com/2021/05/11/nyr…
Kudos to Swati Sawant, the fierce Dalit immigrant lawyer, who organized legal teams & highlighted this case.
Caste discrimination and exploitation of labor are inherently linked
And a poor understanding of caste in the US leaves more Dalit workers vulnerbale to exploitation.
Caste discrimination and exploitation of labor are inherently linked
And a poor understanding of caste in the US leaves more Dalit workers vulnerbale to exploitation.
“They were forbidden to talk to visitors...their pay was docked for minor violations, such as being seen without a helmet”
“They were asked to sign several documents,often in English, & instructed to tell US embassy staffers that they were skilled carvers or decorative painters”
“They were asked to sign several documents,often in English, & instructed to tell US embassy staffers that they were skilled carvers or decorative painters”
They were paid $1/hour as mentioned in article, which is prohibitively low compared to the $15/hour min wage in NY and $12/hour min wage in New Jersey.
"Lawyers for the men, however, said they did manual labor on the site, working nearly 13 hours a day lifting large stones,operating cranes & other heavy machinery, building roads and storm sewers, digging ditches and shoveling snow, all for the equivalent of about $450 per month"
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