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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Lance Compa is the author of this report. Cynthia Brown is the principal editor. Research and writing assistance was provided by Human Rights Watch consultant Jennifer Bailey and fellow Carol Pier. Research assistance was provided by Human Rights Watch associate Sam David and intern Manuel Rybach. Senior Researcher Allyson Collins provided program coordination; advice on international law was provided by Wilder Tayler, Legal and Policy Director of Human Rights Watch; and Program Director Malcolm Smart provided additional editorial input.

Technical consultations on labor law and labor markets were provided by labor law Prof. Charles J. Morris of Southern Methodist University (retired) and lawyer/economist Howard Wial of the Keystone Research Center. Photographic research assistance was provided by Keith Ernst of Southern Exposure Magazine. Human Rights Watch also extends its thanks to John J. Walsh of Carter, Ledyard and Milburn of New York, who provided pro bono legal advice on the text.

Human Rights Watch thanks the Ford Foundation for its support of the U.S. labor rights project.