Interviews with hotel workers revealed numerous incidents of sexual comments, proposals and harassment, with management frequently turning a blind eye out of deference to their high-profile guests.
Hotel Maids Say Sexual Harassment Is Part of the Job – IPS ipsnews.net
I guess demanding that Bernard-Henri Levy reads and responds to this article would be pointless, right?
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But for many hotel maids, finding a new job is not an option. Some are undocumented, while others are in the United States on a work visa that ties them to a specific contract. Both situations make these workers vulnerable to long hours, low wages and in some cases, physical or sexual abuse.
“The control that employers often exert over their foreign national employees and the perception of ‘ownership’ that exists in such relationships creates a sense of fear carried by foreign workers in the United States of losing their employment or being removed,” said Jeremy Richards, an attorney specialising in immigration law.[…]
Since she came forward with her account, two other female employees say Strauss-Kahn made sexual advances to them during his stay.
“I believe the situation of most hotel maids is undoubtedly delicate not only because most of them are immigrants, but also because they are at the bottom of the hotel hierarchy,” Janaina Santos, a front desk receptionist at a luxury Manhattan hotel, told IPS.
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