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An eye-opening, emotional page-turner that exposes our treatment of immigrants and the fallout from globalization, this astonishing story of 500 foreign workers from India lured here under false pretenses and entrapped in near slavery conditions is told by a visionary labor leader who devised a plan that would ultimately win these men citizenship.
About the author
Saket Soni is labor organizer and the author of The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America. He is the founder and director of Resilience Force, a national nonprofit that advocates for the rising workforce that rebuilds after climate disasters. He was profiled as an "architect of the next labor movement" in USA Today and named one of Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business for 2022. His work was the subject of a major New Yorker feature story He has testified before Congress and at the United Nations. Originally from New Delhi, Saket lives in Washington, DC. Follow him on Twitter @saket_soni
Summary
The astonishing story of immigrants lured to the United States from India and trapped in forced labour-an "eye-opening" "must-read" told by the visionary labour leader who engineered their escape and set them on a path to citizenship (The New York Times Book Review). ?
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The astonishing story of immigrants lured to the United States from India and trapped in forced labour-an "eye-opening" "must-read" told by the visionary labour leader who engineered their escape and set them on a path to citizenship (The New York Times Book Review). ?
