Auntie Charo's Soapbox

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:"slavery and prostitution are endemic to the islands' economy."

from Akaka, Hawaii Senator (1999)
http://akaka.senate.gov/~akaka/speeches/991021.html

more recent (2003):
"Many young women from Asia have also fallen victim to indentured servitude in the Northern Mariana Island of Saipan, a United States Commonwealth, working for 12 hour days, seven days a week, in unsanitary conditions, all for pay below the U.S. minimum wage standards, for many well known brand name manufacturers. You are probably aware of the recent decision of a U.S. Federal Judge to approve the settlement of sweatshop lawsuits filed in Saipan in 1999, establishing a $20 million fund to pay the 30,000 garment workers who are the plaintiffs in the lawsuit and who had been or still are working in such conditions."
[Testimony from a US government website]
http://www.us.gov/fgsearch/resultstrack.jsp?sid=171046332&url=http://reform.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Mattar%20Testimony%20-%20The%20Role%20of%20the%20Government%20in%20Combating%20Trafficking%20in%20Persons.pdf

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Also, check out this site:

http://www.saipansucks.com"