Buenos Aires students and scientists stage sit-ins to protest unpaid internships, cutbacks

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1. Maybe not news to many here but unpaid, abusive internships happen in the US.

And they often expect the interns to work 12 to 16 hour days, 7 days a week. My daughter has been through a few because they are "required" by the schools she has attended. When employers do them well, they have been terrific learning experiences. But she's been through some really bad ones too and has heard her classmates complain too.

Our labor laws are a thin veil protecting us from people willing to abuse others if given half a chance. Even a sliver of opportunity and suddenly... long days, no days off, no benefits, not even food or a place to live is provided to people who are volunteering their time and their talents. But these schmucks come out of the woodworks who see internships as an opportunity for free labor. Assholes... by definition!

It's sick. People who use "business" as an excuse to mistreat or otherwise disrespect others are sick. May they all get what they so richly deserve!