Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Wallraff raises serious allegations against parcel service GLS

Low pay, high risk of accidents and exploitation system: Günter Wallraff was again working as an undercover investigative reporter and denounces the working conditions at the parcel carrier GLS. The company is pursuing "a form of modern slavery in the middle of Germany."

[Apologies for the hockey - and sole - online translation above of original article in German.]

See also:

Günter Wallraff says 9/11 the work of Covert Ops

Interview with Günter Wallraff - Borlänge seminar

Günter Wallraff visited Borlänge and Falun on 13 May, 2011. He is a legendary journalist known throughout much of the world. His method of journalism has resulted in a verb, in Swedish "att wallraffa", in English "to wallraff"*. He wants to expose injustice, and much of his work has dealt with the situation of immigrants in society. The title of his latest - and most famous - film is Schwarz auf Weiß ("Black on White"). Using his undercover method, he tries to portray situations which Somalis and other blacks may experience in Germany.

The film is actually part of the book Aus der schönen neuen Welt ("Report from the Brave New World"). Günter Wallraff's seminars in Borlänge and Falun included interviews and discussions about his methods, work and, most of all, integration. Much of it based on his film Schwarz auf Weiß ("Black on White"), which was awarded the Gold World Medal at the New York Festival in 2011.

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