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Us Consulate

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Less Than Two Euros an Hour: How Kenyan Hands Helped Build America's Milan Consulate for a Fraction of the Promise

Italian prosecutors say Kenyan electricians recruited off a US Embassy job in Nairobi were underpaid and overworked on a flagship American diplomatic project in Milan.

about 1 month ago5 min

Construction workers in hard hats on a steel-and-concrete building site, illustrating migrant labour conditions

Diaspora

Less Than Two Euros an Hour: How Kenyan Electricians Building America's Milan Consulate Became a Wage-Theft Case

Recruited in Nairobi and promised €25,000 a year, Kenyan workers on a US diplomatic site say deductions left them earning under €2 an hour. Now Milan prosecutors are listening.

about 1 month ago5 min

A construction worker in a high-visibility jacket and hard hat at a building site, looking serious

Diaspora

The Wage That Vanished on the Way to Milan: How Kenyan Hands Helped Build an American Outpost for Less Than Two Euros an Hour

about 2 months ago5 min