Modern slavery in the construction industry

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Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking

Modern slavery in the construction industry

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Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking
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An estimated seven per cent of the global workforce works in construction. Many millions of people building homes, offices and infrastructure. The work is often hard, manual labour. A proportion of them do not do this out of free will;

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