chang
2003-12-27 04:27:46 UTC
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1112442,00.html
Chinese workers in Israel sign no-sex contract
Conal Urquhart in Tel Aviv
Wednesday December 24, 2003
The Guardian
Chinese workers at a company in Israel have been forced to agree not
to have sex with or marry Israelis as a condition of getting a job.
According to a contact they are required to sign, male workers may not
have any contact with Israeli women - including prostitutes, a police
spokesman, Rafi Yaffe, said.
He said there was nothing illegal about the requirement and that no
investigation had been opened.
The labourers are also forbidden from engaging in any religious or
political activity. The contract states that offenders will be sent
back to China at their own expense.
Advocates of foreign workers, who also come from Thailand, the
Philippines and Romania, say they are subject to almost slave
conditions, and their employers often take away their passports and
refuse to pay them.
Chinese workers in Israel sign no-sex contract
Conal Urquhart in Tel Aviv
Wednesday December 24, 2003
The Guardian
Chinese workers at a company in Israel have been forced to agree not
to have sex with or marry Israelis as a condition of getting a job.
According to a contact they are required to sign, male workers may not
have any contact with Israeli women - including prostitutes, a police
spokesman, Rafi Yaffe, said.
He said there was nothing illegal about the requirement and that no
investigation had been opened.
The labourers are also forbidden from engaging in any religious or
political activity. The contract states that offenders will be sent
back to China at their own expense.
Advocates of foreign workers, who also come from Thailand, the
Philippines and Romania, say they are subject to almost slave
conditions, and their employers often take away their passports and
refuse to pay them.