China’s migrant workers owed 43 billion dollars by employers

“China’s migrant workers are owed a staggering 360 billion yuan (43 billion dollars) by their employers, with some still waiting to get paid for jobs they did 10 years ago, state media said.

A nationwide investigation has found 124,000 construction sites where workers were toiling all day even though they were being paid late or never, the China Daily newspaper reported. ”

Click here for the AFP report. The original China Daily article is here .

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Source: AFP

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