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  2. Labor trafficking in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Labor trafficking in the United States is a form of human trafficking where victims are made to perform a task through force, fraud or coercion as it occurs in the United States. Labor trafficking is typically distinguished from sex trafficking, where the task is sexual in nature. [citation needed] People may be victims of both labor and sex ...

  3. Texas announces takeover of Houston schools, stirring anger

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    FILE - People hold up signs at a news conference, Friday, March 3, 2023, in Houston while protesting the proposed takeover of the city's school district by the Texas Education Agency. Texas ...

  4. Opinion: Is protecting children from labor exploitation a ...

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    It is estimated that 1 in 10 children worldwide are in child labor today, representing an increase of millions. Of those, a shocking 12 million children are exploited in conditions so extreme that ...

  5. 'We are all suffering': Here's why Texas schools are facing ...

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    Since 2014, the proportion of the student population getting special education services has increased from 8.4% to 12.6% in 2023, according to Texas Education Agency data.

  6. Human trafficking in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs…". [6] The transportation of children for exploitative purposes is also classified as human trafficking. [6]

  7. Exploitation of labour - Wikipedia

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    Exploitation is a concept defined as, in its broadest sense, one agent taking unfair advantage of another agent. [1] When applying this to labour (or labor), it denotes an unjust social relationship based on an asymmetry of power or unequal exchange of value between workers and their employers. [2]

  8. Wage slavery - Wikipedia

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    The term is often used by critics of wage-based employment to criticize the exploitation of labor and social stratification, with the former seen primarily as unequal bargaining power between labor and capital, particularly when workers are paid comparatively low wages, such as in sweatshops, [3] and the latter is described as a lack of workers ...

  9. Fact-check: Are some books being banned from Texas schools ...

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    Records requested by NBC News of nearly 100 Texas school districts found 86 formal requests to remove books from libraries in 2021, with the majority of requests coming at the end of the year ...