Coerced Labor Building Baghdad Embassy?
Ghanaian workers may have been forced to take up jobs at the US embassy building project in Baghdad according to a report by an Iraqi Blogger.
Just this week, an American reported that he was told by workers from Ghana on the embassy site that they were led to believe they would have jobs in Dubai but were then taken to work in Iraq. (Read: Recruitment Scams)
In October last year, some Ghanaian workers on the site also said that they expected to get jobs in Dubai but were then sent to Iraq. A certain Paul Chapman wanted to report these incidents to the US State Department Inspector General but says he was discouraged from doing so.
Rumors of labor trafficking and abuse have plagued the building contractor now completing the $592 million Baghdad embassy building project, but the Inspector General investigation reported finding nothing untoward.
Now IraqSlogger exclusive reveals previously unreported instances of appalling living conditions, abuse, and coerced labor, making clear that the allegations against the contractor managing the embassy project remain unresolved. read the full story
Coerced Labor Building Baghdad Embassy?
Ghanaian workers may have been forced to take up jobs at the US embassy building project in Baghdad according to a report by an Iraqi Blogger.
Just this week, an American reported that he was told by workers from Ghana on the embassy site that they were led to believe they would have jobs in Dubai but were then taken to work in Iraq. (Read: Recruitment Scams)
In October last year, some Ghanaian workers on the site also said that they expected to get jobs in Dubai but were then sent to Iraq. A certain Paul Chapman wanted to report these incidents to the US State Department Inspector General but says he was discouraged from doing so.
Rumors of labor trafficking and abuse have plagued the building contractor now completing the $592 million Baghdad embassy building project, but the Inspector General investigation reported finding nothing untoward.
Now IraqSlogger exclusive reveals previously unreported instances of appalling living conditions, abuse, and coerced labor, making clear that the allegations against the contractor managing the embassy project remain unresolved. read the full story
