Indian Guest Workers Win in Trafficking Suit

VICTORY! U.S. Jury Awards $14 Million to Indian Guest Workers in Historic Labor Trafficking Case
By American Civil Liberties Union
February 18, 2015

Five victims of a massive human trafficking scheme were awarded $14 million by a federal jury in New Orleans today, the largest amount ever awarded by a jury in a labor trafficking case.

The historic decision comes in a lawsuit against Signal International, LLC, a shipbuilding company that, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, lured more than 500 Indian guest workers to the United States with false promises of green cards. After paying exorbitant fees to a network of brokers, the workers were forced to work in horrifying conditions under threat of deportation.[...]

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https://www.aclu.org/blog/human-rights/victory-us-jury-awards-14-million-indian-guest-workers-historic-labor-trafficking-

Indian Workers Win $14 Million In U.S. Labour Trafficking Case
By Reuters, via Huffington Post India
February 18, 2015

A New Orleans jury on Wednesday awarded $14 million to five Indian men who were lured to the United States and forced to work under inhumane conditions after Hurricane Katrina by a U.S. ship repair firm and its codefendants.

After a four-week trial, the U.S. District Court jury ruled that Alabama-based Signal International was guilty of labour trafficking, fraud, racketeering and discrimination and ordered it to pay $12 million. Its co-defendants, a New Orleans lawyer and an India-based recruiter, were also found guilty and ordered to pay an additional $915,000 each.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/02/19/hurricane-katrina-labour-_n_6709942.html

Also, see:
http://thepoliticsofimmigration.blogspot.com/2008/03/inb-32908-h-2-workers-sue-march.html
http://thepoliticsofimmigration.blogspot.com/2009/12/iced-out-important-new-report-from-afl.html
http://thepoliticsofimmigration.blogspot.com/2010/02/suit-points-to-guest-worker-program.html
http://thepoliticsofimmigration.blogspot.com/2012/01/increasing-reliance-on-guest-worker.html