Cuba Exports Cheap Labor

one thing Cuba has plenty of is cheap labor ... it basically can pay its workers anything it wants, since there's no competition -- the state owns every single business in the country.

and, perhaps, some clever communist thought, why not start exporting cheap labor?

apparently, that is exactly what is going on, according to a lawsuit recently filed in Florida:

Cuba's communist government acted as a slave master, forcing Cuban workers to labor against their will for a Curacao ship repair company, according to charges filed in a lawsuit in Miami two months ago and first reported Friday by The Associated Press.

As many as 100 Cuban shipyard workers are being forced to work against their will at Curacao Drydock Co., a ship repair company, which has an agent in Delray Beach, Klattenberg Marine Associates, according to the Miami Herald.

The plaintiffs - three workers who escaped and now live in Florida, allege they were ordered to work 16-hour shifts for $16 a month, a low wage but common in their native Cuba.

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nice deal for Cuba. it contracts labor out at more or less market rates, then keeps the hard currency for itself and pays its workers a pittance (in worthless Cuban pesos -- spend all you want, we'll print more).

good deal, if you have cheap labor to spare, like Cuba does.