Pondering wrote:
Obviously no one is planning to lock men up in camps behind barbed wire so they can't escape but from this discussion you would think A) that I suggested it and B) that I am still arguing in favor of it.
No, I understand that you're not proposing that men be compelled by armed-force to remain in camps. As far as I can glean, your idea is that the workers sign a contract stipulating that they will remain in the camps when off-duty, under penalty of dismissal should they breach that provision.
But, if you're going to propose that sort of regulation, I don't think it's too much to ask that you give at least a thumbnail sketch about how it's gonna work. To return to my earlier question, who puts the clause into the contract? Does the government somehow mandate that the companies put it in, or do we expect the companies to do it voluntarily?
And how is this enforced? If some workers are found to be missing from their dorms, do the local police go into town looking for them, IOW the police are being asked to enforce the provisions of an employment contract? Or does the company just do a roll-call every night, and anyone not there has his contract terminated?