Exploitation of immigrant labor from "summary" of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
In the underbelly of the city, where the streets teem with the hustle and bustle of foreign tongues and unfamiliar faces, lies a world where the vulnerable are preyed upon by the ruthless. Immigrants, fresh off the boat and filled with dreams of a better life, are lured into the clutches of unscrupulous employers who see them not as individuals, but as mere cogs in the machinery of profit. These immigrants, with their desperate need for work and their lack of familiarity with the ways of the new land, are easy targets for exploitation. They are paid meager wages, forced to work in unsafe conditions, and subjected to long hours of back-breaking labor. Their bosses, knowing full well that they have nowhere else to turn, use this knowledge to their advantage, squeezing every last drop of sweat and toil from their weary bodies. The immigrant laborers, hailing from distant lands and speaking a different language, find themselves isolated and alone in a sea of hostility and indifference. They are treated as disposable commodities, easily replaced and forgotten once their usefulness has been exhausted. Their plight is exacerbated by the lack o...
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