New York Union Alleges Human Trafficking of Filipino Nurses (1)

Albany Medical Center is facing allegations by the New York State Nurses Association that it violated federal human trafficking laws in its contracts with Filipino nurses.

AMC required the nurses to sign a nonnegotiable employment contract that threatens them with serious financial harm if they leave their jobs before the three-year term is up, a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York Oct. 15 said. That contract violates the forced labor provisions of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, it said.

The contract requires the nurses, who make only about $50,000 per year, to ...