2024-11-08T11:30:19-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150143373/migrant-laborers-file-lawsuit-against-casino-developer-in-u-s-territory-claiming-forced-labor Alexander Walter 2019-06-26T14:43:00-04:00 >2019-06-26T14:44:39-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/41/415b05f2274ee93b547f5cb048dd88fd.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Seven Chinese labourers who worked on the construction of a casino and resort in the US Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) are suing the owner of the project and two of its contractors, alleging they were victims of a forced labour scheme and had suffered injuries on site. The labourers were working on the Imperial Pacific casino and resort in Saipan, the largest island in the South Pacific commonwealth.</p></em><br /><br /><p><em>GCR</em> covers the lawsuit seven laborers from China have brought forward against the casino's developer Imperial Pacific International, contractor MCC International Saipan Ltd Co, and contractor Gold Mantis Construction Decoration in Saipan, a U.S. commonwealth island just 120 miles north of Guam. <br></p> <p>Among a long list of labor rights issues, human rights abuses, misleading work authorization promises, and safety violations, the plaintiffs claim that "despite receiving injuries, those in charge did not take employees to hospital and banned them from seeking medical assistance, threatening deportation," on top of allegedly being denied injury compensation.<br></p>