We found a fleet of indentured servants, thousands of them in California.http://rigged.usatoday.com
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At least 60 companies use the same lease-to-own scheme to trap their own workers into debt and sometimes forced labor.
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First they tricked poor, uneducated immigrants to pay $100,000 for brand-new trucks that they could never afford.pic.twitter.com/Ti9otCZRe5
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Then companies used the weekly debt and threats to force guys like Sam Talavera to work up to 20 hours a day behind the wheel.pic.twitter.com/fgyeqB58Ml
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Some bosses actually locked their truckers out of the parking lot to make them work past exhaustion. http://rigged.usatoday.com pic.twitter.com/IhBP3MKFRH
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Drivers can take home pennies on the hour, or even owe their boss come Friday. Sam Talavera has a check for 67 cents for one week's work.pic.twitter.com/Rd4WQTZRHA
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Like a lot of guys, Sam Talavera went bankrupt. Others got foreclosed on. They can't feed their families.http://rigged.usatoday.com
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I'm really not too big on "port" (no matter how it's trucked)... I prefer a cold beer.
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