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-- on arrival in Jordan, their passports were seized;
-- they were forced to work shifts of "15, 38, 48, and even 72 hours straight, often going two or three days without sleep;"
-- they worked seven days a week for as little as 2 cents an hour, 98 hours a week;
-- those complaining were beaten and abused;
-- 28 workers shared one small 12 x 12-foot dorm with access to running water only every third day;
-- legally owed back wages were never paid nor were factory owners prosecuted for human trafficking, involuntary servitude, or treating their employees abusively;
-- they sewed clothing for Wal-Mart; and
-- other Jordanian, Chinese and other factory workers are treated the same way; some worked under conditions so hazardous that "scores of young people (are) seriously injured, and some maimed for life."
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