Mar 10th, 2008 · Workers brought over from India are suing the Mississippi shipyard Signal International, saying the company's recruiters misled and mistreated them. The dispute is the latest over a guest-worker program long decried as vulnerable to abuse.
Nov 6th, 2007 · The U.S. forces the departure of a Kuwaiti diplomat from his post at the embassy in Washington D.C. He was accused of treating his domestic workers in the U.S. like slaves. A Tanzanian diplomat is also being investigated for mistreating domestic staff.
Aug 20th, 2007 · Hotel magnate Leona Helmsley has died of heart failure at the age of 87. Helmsley was widely known as the "queen of mean" for her mistreatment of employees. She also served 21 months in prison for tax evasion.
May 26th, 2007 · Six months ago, Daniel Zwerdling reported that officers at Colorado's Fort Carson were mistreating soldiers who returned from war with post-traumatic stress disorder. The stories prompted investigations and commanders at the base launched a training program to help every soldier in trouble. Zwerdling reflects on his recent return to Fort Carson.
Aug 15th, 2006 · No longer restrained by a a government gag order, the Army Reservist who turned over pictures of inmate mistreatment at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison to military investigators is discussing publicly his decision to disclose the abuse.
Apr 3rd, 2006 · New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin says he will no longer allow FEMA to put trailers in his city as temporary housing for residents displaced by hurricanes. He says he made the decision after some people from the federal agency mistreated residents of the Algiers neighborhood.
Jan 4th, 2006 · Egypt says at least 600 Sudanese migrants and refugees will be returned to their homeland after being cleared from a squatter's camp by riot police Dec. 30. At least 26 Sudanese were killed as police ended a three-month protest over what the Sudanese saw as mistreatment by Egypt and U.N. inaction.
Jan 1st, 2006 · Human rights advocates demand a probe of Friday's fatal clash between Egyptian riot police and Sudanese protesters. The Sudanese refugees say they've been mistreated since arriving in Egypt four years ago.