An investigation into unpaid labor at rehab centers
An investigation by Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting shows workers in rehab programs often don’t get paid. Plus, global joblessness is rising 10 times faster than during the Great Recession. And, how pay cuts have helped save jobs.
Investigators found rehab participants doing everything from picking cotton in Georgia to doing doing construction on high rises in the San Francisco Bay Area, all with no or little pay.
A report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development finds that the pandemic is causing joblessness in the world’s biggest economies to rise 10 times faster than during the Great Recession. Marketplace’s Nova Safo reports.