Foreign workers building US consulate in Milan sign compensation deals over alleged abuses

MILAN — Foreign workers building the vast new U.S. consulate compound in Milan signed agreements at a Milan hotel Wednesday securing payouts averaging 45,000 euros each for alleged labor abuses while working for an American construction company.More than 60 laborers, mostly from India, signed the deals Wednesday to receive their share of a 31-million-euro settlement agreed last month with Alabama-based Caddell Construction. The signings began Tuesday.Prosecutors say it is the largest labor settlement ever for labor exploitation in Europe.Each worker…