Hershey's 'no Charlie's chocolate factory'

Business | 208160 hits | Aug 23 7:12 pm | Posted by: BeaverFever

400 international students who paid $3,000 to $6,000 to participate in a U.S.-certified cultural exchange program wound up at the Hershey's plant living in "economic captivity," forced to pay for mandatory company housing that left them with $40 to $140 a

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by BeaverFever
Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:21 am
Another government-sponsored immigrant labour exploitation program, all while US battles high unemployment.
by Hyack
Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:38 am
A bit more info on this boondoggle......

From the looks of it somebody is getting truly f*cked over and not even being kissed...
by QBall
Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:16 pm
"We have all seen Charlie's chocolate factory," said one student, 19-year-old Harika Duygu Ozer. Another said: "I thought we would see America like in movies."

What, they were actually expecting to see Oompa-Loompas? Needless to someone misrepresented what factory work was all about to these kids.
by bootlegga
Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:23 pm

Why employ illegal immigrants when you can get foreigners to pay $6000 to join this program and then exploit them!

I'd expect this kind of shit in the third world but I'm amazed that something like that can occur in the US.
by DanSC
Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:24 pm
Go to any concessionaire in a national park. This happens all the time.

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