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Last week marked the first anniversary of the enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) in the United States on 21 June. This law takes sweeping measures to address corporate profiteering from Uyghur forced labour, by banning all companies from importing goods tainted with Uyghur forced labour. It has the potential to be…
It took Johnny Perez over four years of making hundreds of bedsheets every day at a factory to reach the top pay tier: about 32 cents an hour, nearly double his starting wage. He was one of the highest-paid workers at Coxsackie Correctional Facility—a textile manufacturer run by the New York State prison system. When…
The Biden Administration recently announced a new initiative to investigate and enforce violations of child labor laws. Significantly, the crackdown will include more aggressive investigations of and accountability for companies benefiting from illegal child labor, even if those companies do not employ the children directly. The federal child labor laws, which were authorized by the…
January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Every year since 2010, the President has dedicated the month to raising awareness about human trafficking and educating the public about how to identify and prevent this crime. The U.S. Department of State raises awareness of human trafficking domestically and abroad, through U.S. embassies and consulates. “Trafficking in persons,”…
The U.K.’s largest supermarket chain Tesco is facing a ground-breaking lawsuit alleging forced labour at a supplier factory in Thailand. The lawsuit has been brought by 130 Burmese workers, former employees at VK Garment Factory (VKG) where they made jeans for Tesco’s F+F brand of apparel. VGK’s site is in Mae Sot, on the Myanmar…
The Honorable Janet L. Yellen Secretary of the Treasury U.S. Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20220 The Honorable Antony Blinken Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20520 December 8, 2022 Dear Secretary Yellen and Secretary Blinken: The undersigned nongovernmental organizations are writing to…
The position of the Council of the European Union on a draft E.U. corporate accountability law has dealt a devastating blow: Member States have watered down human rights protections, majorly limited the law’s scope and failed to set enforceable climate commitments for companies. The Council guts the law The Council has agreed on its preliminary…
Terry FitzPatrick October 20, 2022 The Honorable Chris Magnus Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20229 Re: Open Letter on Trade Data Transparency Dear Commissioner Magnus, The undersigned organizations and advocates write to express our collective outrage at a recent proposal driven by industry groups as part of…
Image credit: Mind and I, via Shutterstock. Changes in the law can transform lives. We know this because we recently celebrated the end of systematic State-imposed forced labour in Uzbekistan after a 15-year-long campaign. This is why, in the UK, we continue to call for provisions that aim to both prevent modern slavery and provide…
For decades, European companies have profited from forced labor and environmental destruction in their global value chains. But with new E.U. due diligence legislation in the pipeline, the days of big business shirking responsibility are numbered. Member states review proposal for due diligence legislation In February, the European Commission introduced a proposal for new due…
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