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Fuzhou China: First Job

Toronto Dept: She took the job anyway, according to The Star. Zheng, 40, who arrived in Toronto from Fuzhou, China in 2006, said she was desperate to find work last year after raising two young children. You just accept what you are given and sue Zheng was happy to land her first job in Toronto at a manicure salon. But there was a catch: she had to pay a $400 deposit to work there, and receive only $25 a day for 10 hours of work, seven days a week. I don t know any English and had no idea what my rights were, she explained in Mandarin during an interview Thursday. Workers don t have a lot of rights where I came from. As reported in the news.
@t mandarin, seven days