Number	22971
Subject	Human Rights
Source	Chicago Reporter
State	IL
Year	2006
Publication Date	05/2006; 06/2006
Summary	An employment agency in Chicago is helping recruit Mexicans to jobs in Chinese restaurants, where they are promised "housing, food, transportation and overtime." But these places more often are havens for worker abuse as the employees are locked in rooms at night and not allowed to leave after working 12-hour shifts. Using the story of Argentine Ricardo Vaisaga's abuse at Szechwan Garden in Greenwood, Ind. as a springboard, the Chicago reporter examines this issue.
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	13
Keywords	Human trafficking; employment agencies; workers' rights; Chinese restaurants; worker mistreatment; worker abuse
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