Comments by "ElephantInTheRoom " (@elephantintheroom5678) on "163 Workers discovered in Shocking Slave-Like conditions at BYD factory" video.

  1. It's actually true that many poor Chinese do prefer hard beds, but that doesn't negate that their passports were taken from them, or that 60% of their pay was held back.
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  2. America has slavery, too.
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  3. And taking their passports? What about holding back 60% of their pay? Or feeding them food unrefrigerated in hot Brazilian temperatures?
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  4.  @calitaco  Oh, really? You don't think the Brazilian authorities asked about whether their passports were given voluntarily, or not? And what about the withholding of 60% of their pay? It sounds like how Australian farmers withheld the pay of Australian Aborigines back in the bad old days, and never gave it to them. This is exploitation.
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  5. Despicable. This is why I believe unions are the worker's only defence.
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  6.  @calitaco  The Brazilian government has done that and made their assessment.
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  7.  @antoinepageau8336  Of course unions are still relevant. Employers in Texas and Florida have limited water breaks for people working in the hot sun! Employers are unscrupulous.
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  8.  @ellengran6814  So are Amazon workers in New York. A lot of them can't afford anywhere to live, or even store their clothes. America isn't far behind this level of exploitation.
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  9.  @georgewong6615  Why? Do you know him?
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