Almost 2,000 irregular workers at Venice shipyard

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 28 - Finance police have uncovered large-scale labour exploitation at Venice's shipyards, with almost 2,000 workers hired without legal contracts.
    Most of the workers in question were from Bangladesh or Eastern Europe, according to the investigation coordinated by Venice prosecutors in collaboration with the national labour inspectorate.
    They were underpaid and in many cases had none of the rights guaranteed by national collective labour contracts.
    Particularly alarming is the case of 383 workers who, due to their extreme situation of need, were forced to work for less than seven euros an hour. (ANSA).