It's an open secret that many higher standard factories often sub-contract orders to these sweat-shops to keep costs down and meet customer's deadlines.

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Tesla is allowed to sub-contract service and repair work to in-state service centers, but even those requests are routed through California, which takes longer and is vastly more complicated.

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In fact, the agency will get no credit if the contract is a sub to an existing Prime, like most are with DOE.

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Punj Lloyd got its first overseas break as a sub-contractor to PT Trihasra Bimanusa Tunggal, an Indonesian firm with Suharto family ties that had the contract to build a 130-mile pipeline for Pertamina, the state-owned petroleum firm.

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"This contract means the public and businesses will continue to have convenient, local access to essential services while sub-postmasters will retain income to allow them to continue to provide a Post Office service to their communities, " said the federation's general secretary, George Thomson.

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