Submitted by Joe638NYC on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 4:02pm.
If this is the first you have heard of this story, you don't visit enough, from Union City e-mail:
Indian Guestworkers to Rally Outside DOJ:
Indian guestworkers and supporters will march on the Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday at noon
to demand the DOJ allow workers to stay in the US during the ongoing
investigation against their employer Signal International. “The
workers, who walked off jobs in Gulf Coast shipyards in early March,
say they were victims of human trafficking when they were brought to
the United States under a temporary guest worker program,” reported
Julia Preston in the New York Times on Saturday.
“The
Indian workers say they were deceived by Signal International and labor
recruiters when they paid as much as $20,000 for visas they believed
would allow them to work and live permanently with their families in
the United States.” The New York Times article followed the
hospitalization of Paul Konar – the only remaining hunger striker from
the group that began the strike on May 14 – Thursday that forced him to
end his 23-day hunger strike. “Somebody needed to do something for
others, so we, the Indian Worker Congress started this fight for
justice,” said Konar Thursday. “I took this risk of holding a hunger
strike to achieve justice in this country for all people.” 11 workers
remain on hunger strike. Click here to sign a petition to support the workers.
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