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Worked Over

Conditions and obstacles that workers face in the 21st century

Posted inTechsploitation, Worked Over

5 tricks tech staffing firms use to exploit immigrant workers

by Matt Smith and Jennifer Gollan October 30, 2014April 23, 2015

Here’s a breakdown of the main tactics manipulative job brokers use to treat immigrant tech workers like indentured servants.

Posted inTechsploitation, Worked Over

Federal tech contracts awarded to job brokers with labor violations

by Jennifer Gollan and Matt Smith October 27, 2014April 23, 2015

Porous federal oversight has allowed labor brokers to financially exploit Indian tech workers with little fear of detection. And even those that are caught can continue to survive and thrive – including on taxpayers’ dime.

Posted inTechsploitation, Worked Over

Graphic novel: Techsploitation

by Matt Smith October 27, 2014April 23, 2015

This graphic novel tells the true story of an Indian tech worker who has big dreams of a job in the U.S. but finds himself under the thumb of a shady labor broker.

Posted inTechsploitation, Worked Over

Case study: Saras America

by Jennifer Gollan and Matt Smith October 27, 2014April 23, 2015

The technology consulting company is among the few niche staffing firms that got into trouble for mistreating Indian workers – yet it continued to survive and thrive.

Posted inTechsploitation, Worked Over

Case study: Tata Consultancy Services

by Jennifer Gollan and Matt Smith October 27, 2014April 23, 2015

Former workers at this tech labor broker say the company tried to collect fees from them after they quit.

Posted inImmigration, Techsploitation, Worked Over

Job brokers steal wages, entrap Indian tech workers in US

by Matt Smith, Jennifer Gollan and Adithya Sambamurthy October 27, 2014August 3, 2017

Labor brokers providing Indian high-tech workers to American companies are gaming a professional visa program, creating a shadow world that can turn a worker’s dream of self-betterment into a financial nightmare.

Posted inWorked Over, Workers’ Rights

Brown signs bill to help protect female farmworkers from sex abuse

by Bernice Yeung September 29, 2014April 23, 2015

New law requiring sexual harassment training for labor contractors, supervisors and all farm employees was spurred by Rape in the Fields investigation.

Posted inRape in the Fields, Worked Over, Workers’ Rights

Here’s a look at 3 plans to stop rape in the fields

by Bernice Yeung June 5, 2014December 2, 2016

Legislators, community organizations, academic institutions and growers have jump-started new projects to tackle sexual harassment and abuse in the agricultural industry. Here are a handful of the most developed solutions that have emerged.

Posted inRape in the Fields, Worked Over, Workers’ Rights

‘Rape in the Fields’ wins Robert F. Kennedy award

by CIR Staff May 13, 2014July 2, 2015

A collaboration among The Center for Investigative Reporting, the Investigative Reporting Program at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, FRONTLINE and Univision, the documentary exposed the widespread sexual harassment and assault of female agricultural workers in the United States.

Posted inImmigration, Rape in the Fields, Worked Over, Workers’ Rights

A guide to what’s happened after Rape in the Fields

by Bernice Yeung March 18, 2014August 3, 2017

It’s been nearly a year since the debut of the Rape in the Fields project. In that time, a lot has changed: sources’ lives, efforts to fix the problem and advances in court cases. With the film airing again tonight on FRONTLINE, here’s a rundown of what’s happened since the film’s premiere.

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