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Fishermen sue San Diego's Bumble Bee Foods for forced labor, abuse

NBC 7 San Diego
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72% Informative

Indonesian villagers say they were subjected to physical abuse and forced labor while working as fishermen for San Diego -based Bumble Bee Foods .

Three of the plaintiffs allege they were beaten or stabbed, or both, by the ship's captain.

A fourth man claims he suffered serious, permanent burn injuries in an accident but was denied medical care nor allowed to leave the ship.

VR Score

78

Informative language

79

Neutral language

70

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

55

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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no external sources

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