Follow us on Twitter where we'll announce this week's topic for On The Line.VICE News' Senior Producer Andrew Glazer joined On The Line to discuss exploitative labor practices in Japan and Cambodia.For workers at the lowest rungs on the economic ladder, things aren't always as they seem. Although it was designed to rescue and rehabilitate sex workers, many Cambodian women say the country's anti-trafficking campaign is forcing them into a trade where conditions and pay are even worse: making clothing for Western brands.The Japanese government offers an internship program that attracts foreign workers. Advertised as providing laborers with transferrable new skills for when they return home, many interns are underpaid, saddled with insurmountable debt, and forced into a form of indentured servitude.Watch "The High Cost of Cheap Clothes"Watch "The Worst Internship Ever: Japan's Labor Pains"VICE News and On The Line want to hear from you! Let us know your questions on Twitter with the hashtag #ontheline, or send us a video message on Skype.To send us a Skype video message, follow the instructions hereWatch previous episodes of On The LineWith support from Skype.
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