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Re:The case of a maid who battled a millionaire has gripped ... by YetAnotherNick on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @04:11AM (#24564339)
How is it different from something like say job fair/college placements? If both the maid and the employee agrees to go forward and have choice in that matter, I can't see your reasoning of it being inhuman. I am just seeing that the mall provide a dense contact point in which both the employees and maids can get in contact with the opposite side.
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Re:The case of a maid who battled a millionaire has gripped ... by throwawaysgx on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @07:13AM (#24565549)
Just because both sides agree to something doesn't make it right. A century ago child labor is considered ok in western countries, now we can look back and agree it was a horrible thing.

You cannot compare a job fair to what was happening in those malls. Imagine you're not coming to a job fair, but you stay in a dorm room with 20 other women, and every day you sit in a room waiting for someone to come. Some agencies make the workers to stand in line in front of the "showroom" for any potential employers to walk pass. It makes me feel like they were selling goods and not a person.

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