Sat, 10 Oct 1998 13:45:44 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 13:45:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Franklin Wayne Poley Subject: Slave labourer seeks back wages after 50 years (fwd) Hmmm...kind of makes you wonder if Workfarers might some day launch the same kind of law suit. FWP. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 22:48:56 +1100 (EST) From: Bill Bartlett To: Workfare-Discuss@icomm.ca Subject: Slave labourer seeks back wages after 50 years Slave labourer seeks back wages after 50 years I just saw this story on Stateline, a local TV current affairs show here, about a Tasmanian of Dutch origin (name of Van Der Hoog) who has been seeking back wages from BMW for the time he spent as a slave labourer in Germany during WW2. He originally wrote to the Dutch Government back in the 1970's sometime, but in typical bureaucratic fashion they requested he support his case with pay slips or some such. Then he found out that the factory he worked in was owned by BMW, and wrote to them. They referred him back to the Durch government again. Now he is publicising his case. The inspiring thing of course is that this old bloke is still seeking justice from these bastards after all this time. He says he doesn't want compensation, but says it would be "nice" if they would just pay him the wages for the work he did. Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas. -> Workfare-Discuss, the list for fighting workfare internationally -> To subscribe, send subscribe workfare-discuss to majordomo@icomm.ca -> List web site, http://www.icomm.ca/workfare/