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Spanish builders made 'slaves' by German firm
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Spanish builders made 'slaves' by German firm

Wages below the legal minimum, contracts in a language they don't understand and blackmail tactics to keep them quiet: just some of the problems a group of Spanish builders in Holland contracted by a German firm have decided to speak out against.
German paper says crisis ruining 'sleazy' Majorca
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German paper says crisis ruining 'sleazy' Majorca

Germany's Bild am Sonntag, the Sunday edition of the world's best-selling newspaper, has made waves in Spain with the publication of a feature that depicts the island of Majorca as a destination in decline, dominated by "swindlers, pickpockets and prostitutes".