date:May 17, 2012
The report Experiences of forced labour in the UK food industry claimed that migrant workers were threatened or bullied in the workplace . Many suffered racist and sexist abuse, underpinning what the authors described as aclimate of fear.
The worst forced labour practice was the 'underwork scam' , according to the report published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. This involved recruiting too many workers and then giving them just enough employment to meet their debt to the gangmaster.
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