McDonald's is blamed for making people fat, exploiting workers, treating animals cruelly, polluting the environment and simply for being American.

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And that means tough border security, going after employers that are illegally hiring and exploiting workers, making sure that we also have a pathway for legal status for those who are living in the shadows right now.

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Critics accuse the retail giant of destroying neighborhoods, exploiting its workers and discriminating against female employees.

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New laws brought in since then have attempted to control gangmasters in Britain who were exploiting the workers.

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Tommy Connors Senior and three of his sons, Tommy, 27, James, 25, Patrick, 21, are on trial for a second time and deny exploiting captive workers.

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And we take going after employers who are exploiting and using undocumented workers, we take that seriously.

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The Labor government, which opinion polls suggest will lose the Sept. 14 election to the center-right Liberal Nationals, has said some companies are exploiting the rules to hire cheap labor from overseas at the expense of Australian workers.

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