I work in HR in one of those multinatinional companies that are putting highly skilled workers from third world countries like mine to do the work at the fraction of the cost and often get management directives of cost cutting decisions, removing some employee benefits and even pressured to lower appraisal scores so that raise in salaries can be minimize. They often use the bell curve to minimize cost due of increases in salary.

Slavery by name might have disappeared but servitude by low salary, harsh and unsafe environment and abusive bosses or owners of companies is prevalent and is recognized as the norm.