Workers sue US firm, India cracks down on recruiters
THE 120 workers who walked out of Signal International facilities in Mississippi last week rallied outside the office of the lawyer, who acted as a recruiter to bring them from India to the United States.
"The reason we gave up our homes to come here was to get permanent residency," said Vijaka Kumaran, 34. Kumaran sold his wife's jewellery to get the $15,000 he was charged to go to the US.
The workers attempted to present lawyer Malvern Burnett with a federal lawsuit filed in a district court in New Orleans that names two recruiters and Signal as defendants and accuses the companies of human trafficking. The 82-page complaint claims the defendants violated their rights besides violating nine federallaws. It claims they violated the Trafficking Victims Protection Act by having both forced labour and trafficking. They also claim violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, fraud, breach of contract, violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and false imprisonment, assault and battery and infliction of emotional harm.
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"The reason we gave up our homes to come here was to get permanent residency," said Vijaka Kumaran, 34. Kumaran sold his wife's jewellery to get the $15,000 he was charged to go to the US.
The workers attempted to present lawyer Malvern Burnett with a federal lawsuit filed in a district court in New Orleans that names two recruiters and Signal as defendants and accuses the companies of human trafficking. The 82-page complaint claims the defendants violated their rights besides violating nine federallaws. It claims they violated the Trafficking Victims Protection Act by having both forced labour and trafficking. They also claim violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, fraud, breach of contract, violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and false imprisonment, assault and battery and infliction of emotional harm.
To read the full article, click here....
To read the ePaper, visit : http://epaper.hindustantimes.com
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