1 cents an hour in Honduras, 24 cents in
Nicaragua, and a whopping 56 cents in El Salvador. In Sri Lanka they
are given 18 cents an hour and in China and Vietnam they reportedly
receive 11 cents an hour for their hard work. This may indeed seem like
a very small amount, but it is more than what domestic workers are
usually paid. These invisible millions have money constantly taken away
from them to pay for their shelter, food and clothing. It is very hard
to recognize why as they sleep under the kitchen table in some instances
and their nourishment only consists of whatever falls off that table.
They are denied sleep as they are on call 24 hours a day and are also
sometimes expected (especially if it is a female worker) to provide
sexual favors for the master of the house. As a direct result of this
the girl is beaten by the wife, as she is taking over her role in the
family structure. What is incredibly horrific is that in most cases
people refuse to admit that their worker is a slave. They claim that
they did him or her a favor as they brought them from their poor vill
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