Follow up on the post-Katrina abuses of H2B Visa guest workers in Mississippi and Texas.
From DC Labor Council Newsletter (5/29/08):
Indian Ambassador Refuses to Visit with Hunger Strikers
Hunger strikers – too weak to make the trip to
the Indian Embassy – were refused a visit by Indian Ambassador to the
US, Ronen Sen, on Tuesday. Sen – who has met with workers in the past
and promised his support (Indian Workers March on Embassy
3/28/08 UC) – stunned the strikers on Tuesday when he told them that he
had not received their list of demands and he would not visit hunger
strikers because he “couldn’t get involved with politics.” "Since when
is showing sympathy for brutally exploited Indians in America called
'politics’”asked Sabulal Vijayan, an organizer with the Alliance of
Guestworkers for Dignity. Indian workers have been pressuring Indian
government officials to demand the US government allow the workers to
stay in the US to participate in the human trafficking investigation
against their employer, Signal International.
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