Trafficking case ends for 48 Thai welders
"The immigrant welder thought he was coming to America, the 'fairy tale place, to work on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge for wages six times higher than he could earn in his native Thailand. Instead, he found himself trapped in near-slavery, working 13-hour days at a Long Beach restaurant. For three months of full-time work, he said, he was paid a total of $220."
TERESA WATANABE in the Los Angeles Times.