[f1shy]

>> via contracing companies that force them to sign separate secret contracts that prevent them from pushing for their full legal rights under Australian labor law

Where is the line between that and plain slavery?

[DoneWithAllThat]

Slaves are not paid wages. There’s no need to resort to hyperbole here, the practices are abhorrent enough without it.

[zdragnar]

Indentured service is often colloquially conflated with slavery, as the legal protections are removed and so too usually the freedom of association.

[f1shy]

Where is the hyperbole? Is a question: where is the line to start calling it slavery. Obviously, for you far. Not for me.

If we want to go the pedantry way, this is the definition I found: “a condition of having to work very hard without proper remuneration or appreciation.”

Emphasis in proper mine.

[monkeycantype]

I'm ont talking about anonomous people, I'm talking about remote-work collegues whose name I know. They were not slaves, they were absolutley paid wages, but not equivalent wages to local hires.