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slave labor
noun
- persons, especially a large group, performing labor under duress or threats, as prisoners in a concentration camp; a labor force of slaves or slavelike prisoners.
- labor done by such a labor force.
- any coerced or poorly remunerated work:
Data entry at that salary is slave labor.
Other yvlog Forms
- -bǰ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of slave labor1
Example Sentences
His son Alfried and 11 other corporate directors faced charges in a later trial for participating in “the murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, imprisonment, torture, and use for slave labor of civilians.”
“It’s not down to paying Canadians less or slave labor or having different governmental incentives,” said Johnston.
Not to diminish the dangers of privatization within the criminal legal system, but it is important to highlight the distinction between privately run, for-profit facilities exploiting slave labor for profit, and the other 87 percent of prisons that are owned/operated by states.
In 2015, The Associated Press revealed the wide use of slave labor in the Thai shrimp industry.
“This out-of-control problem impacts the safety and livelihoods of Americans, outsourcing not only our manufacturing, but also our retail sectors to China, which — as you know — systematically utilizes slave labor among other unconscionable practices to undermine our economy,” the senators said.
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