Tag Archives: Exploitation
- 21-4-2011
Federal Agency Accuses Beverly Hills Company of Trafficking Thai Farmworkers
April 21, 2011|By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accuses Global Horizons Manpower of Beverly Hills of subjecting Thai workers to illegal conditions on farms in Hawaii and Washington. The head of the firm is already facing a criminal trial on similar charges. In its largest farm labor trafficking case ever, Continue Reading
- 9-9-2010
Thai Workers Describe Being Lured into Slavery in U.S.
More than two dozen immigrants, covering their faces and continuing to fear for their safety, speak out about what authorities call the largest labor-trafficking case in U.S. history. September 09, 2010|By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times More than two dozen Thai farmworkers lined up in front of the Wat Thai Buddhist temple in Sun Valley Continue Reading
- 4-9-2010
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Associates of Beverly Hills Firm in Human Trafficking Case
In a ‘mind-boggling case,’ the owner and four employees of Global Horizons Manpower Inc. are indicted on charges of engaging in a conspiracy to coerce the labor of hundreds of Thai nationals September 04, 2010|By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times In 2003, a farmworker showed up in the Hollywood offices of a Thai community organization Continue Reading
- 3-4-1998
Servitude a Fact of Life, Thais Say
Cultures: Alleged mistreatment of two immigrant women is unfortunate, but not an unusual fate for the ‘lower class,’ many contend. April 03, 1998|ERIC SLATER and CLAIRE VITUCCI and JULIE TAMAKI | TIMES STAFF WRITERS Early on the morning of Jan. 14, as the rest of the Woodland Hills household slept, the two Thai women hurried Continue Reading
- 2-4-1998
Envoy’s Companion Accused of Holding Immigrants in Slavery
Courts: Woman is charged with forcing two servants smuggled in from Thailand to work at her home and restaurant for 18 hours every day. Suspect vehemently denies the allegations. April 02, 1998|DAVID ROSENZWEIG and CLAIRE VITUCCI | TIMES STAFF WRITERS The female companion of a ranking Thai diplomat was accused in a federal indictment Wednesday Continue Reading
- 11-9-1997
Plan for Sweatshop Exhibition Draws Fire
Museums: Apparel industry says Smithsonian re-creation of El Monte facility would be unfair. September 11, 1997|GEORGE WHITE | STAFF WRITER In an echo of the politically charged uproar that killed the Smithsonian Institution’s planned 1995 exhibit on the dropping of the atom bomb, several apparel and retailing industry groups are protesting a new plan by Continue Reading
- 13-1-1997
Often, the Workers Pay
EASY PREY: EXPLOITING IMMIGRANTS When disputes with employers arise, many have little recourse but to turn to the state labor office. It can take years to settle their claims. January 13, 1997|DON LEE | TIMES STAFF WRITER Immigrant workers by the thousands file through the doors of the state labor commissioner’s office every year, hoping Continue Reading