Workers, mostly Indian, building US consulate in Milan agree to record settlement

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Workers, primarily from India, building the US consulate in Milan have signed agreements to receive payouts averaging €45,000 (US$50,400) each as part of a record-breaking €31 million (nearly US$35 million) settlement for labor exploitation by American construction company Caddell Construction. The signings took place at a hotel in Milan on Tuesday and Wednesday, with more than 60 workers participating to secure their share of the settlement. Prosecutors describe this as the largest such settlement ever recorded in Europe for labor abuse cases.
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Indian workers, mostly from India, who were constructing the new US consulate compound in Milan, signed agreements on Wednesday to receive payouts averaging €45,000 (US$50,400) each after alleged labor abuses by an American construction company named Caddell Construction. The settlement amounts to a total of nearly US$35 million and is reportedly the largest ever for labor exploitation in Europe. More than 60 workers began signing these agreements on Tuesday as part of this historic deal.

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Alabama American India Indian Milan

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Milan GPE · 3× Alabama GPE · 1× American NORP · 1× Caddell Construction ORG · 1× India GPE · 1× Indian NORP · 1×

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Workers, mostly Indian, building US consulate in Milan agree to record settlement Potentially life-changing sums averaging US$50,400 begin under historic US$35 million labour exploitation deal Foreign workers building the vast new US consulate compound in Milan signed agreements at a Milan hotel Wednesday securing payouts averaging €45,000 (US$50,400) each for alleged labour abuses while working for an American construction company.
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2026-10-08 · South China Morning Post
Workers, mostly Indian, building US consulate in Milan agree to record settlement · assertive framing

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Workers, mostly Indian, building US consulate in Milan agree to record settlement Potentially life-changing sums averaging US$50,400 begin under historic US$35 million labour exploitation deal Foreign workers building the vast new US consulate compound in Milan signed agreements at a Milan hotel Wednesday securing payouts averaging €45,000 (US$50,400) each for alleged labour abuses while working for an American construction company. asserted
workers → build → company
More than 60 labourers, mostly from India, signed the deals Wednesday to receive their share of a €31 million (nearly US$35 million) settlement agreed last month with Alabama-based Caddell Construction. asserted
labourers → sign → Construction
The signings began Tuesday. asserted
signings → begin → ?
Prosecutors say it is the largest settlement ever for labour exploitation in Europe. asserted
it → say → Europe
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