ALC Vietnamese investigation

Vietnamese food in Australia is a very popular cheap eat. But a special SBS investigation reveals deliberate and ongoing attempts to exploit workers in the hospitality industry helps keep such prices low, with some workers paid as little as $6 an hour. Last month, (march) an SBS reporter, posing as a job seeker, approached the owners in over 20 Vietnamese restaurants on the suburban streets of Melbourne. Armed with a hidden camera, this is what the "job seeker" encountered. (Vietnamese, then translated:)(Boss:) "I will keep your salary for one week. The salary this week will be paid next week, in case you quit the job after some days."(Job seeker:) "Can I ask how much you will pay me please?"(Boss:) "No, don't ask about the wages, (or) I don't hire you ... Training, $120 per day, cash, pay every week ... You will work for me 12 hours per day, 7am to 7pm."(Job seeker:) "But my previous boss paid me $17 per hour."(Boss:) "Huh? Seventeen dollars an hour for a waitress? I can't pay you that high."

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