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Ahead of TIP Report, Labor Rights Activists Urge U.S. to Call for Thailand and Taiwan to Protect Migrant Workers and End Forced Labor in Seafood Industry
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Ahead of TIP Report, Labor Rights Activists Urge U.S. to Call for Thailand and Taiwan to Protect Migrant Workers and End Forced Labor in Seafood Industry

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WASHINGTON, DC (June 5, 2023) – Greenpeace USA, Global Labor Justice – International Labor Rights Forum (GLJ-ILRF), and allies in the Seafood Working Group (SWG) today announced their findings of labor rights violations, forced labor, and human trafficking of migrant workers in Thailand and Taiwan and called on the U.S. Department of State to downgrade…

FACT SHEET: Update on the U.S. Strategy for Addressing the Root Causes of Migration in …
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FACT SHEET: Update on the U.S. Strategy for Addressing the Root Causes of Migration in …

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February 2023 Vice President Harris continues to lead the implementation of the Root Causes Strategy, which tackles the drivers of irregular migration by improving the conditions in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras so people do not feel compelled to leave their homes.  This includes tackling economic, governance, and security challenges. These efforts are providing hope…

Challenging the Right to Strike: the UK Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
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Challenging the Right to Strike: the UK Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill

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The Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, currently passing through the UK Parliament, seeks to establish minimum service levels for transport provision following widespread industrial action on the country’s railways. The UK government describes the Bill as necessary ‘to keep Britain moving during transport strikes’. While the legislation’s effectiveness has been questioned elsewhere, the Bill…

States at COP27 must push climate action without modern slavery
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States at COP27 must push climate action without modern slavery

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States are gathering in Egypt on Sunday for the COP27 UN climate summit where the importance of pushing for human rights-based climate action that prioritizes building resilience to modern slavery is paramount.  Activists silenced Egypt has come under scrutiny for its alarming human rights record and increasingly stringent restrictions on human rights and environmental activists,…

The third stage of the New Labor Justice System in Mexico begins – Lexology
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The third stage of the New Labor Justice System in Mexico begins – Lexology

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Editor’s note: 7.4 is key information (From below) 7. It will not be necessary to exhaust the previous conciliation stage in matters in which the workers’ claim is based on: Discrimination in employment and occupation due to pregnancy, as well as for reasons of sex, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnic origin, social status or harassment…

Spatial embeddedness: The case of child labour on BT cottonseed farms – Times of India
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Spatial embeddedness: The case of child labour on BT cottonseed farms – Times of India

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The global discourse resolutely insists on ending child labour which is often associated with slavery, forced labour, sexual exploitation and any work damaging the health and well-being of children. This is done by invoking a moral terminology which argues that low labour standards in ‘errant’ countries of the Global South are unacceptable, unfair and illegitimate…

ATEST Recommendations to U.S. Trade Representative on Developing a Forced Labor Trade Policy
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ATEST Recommendations to U.S. Trade Representative on Developing a Forced Labor Trade Policy

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Terry FitzPatrick August 5, 2022 The Honorable Katherine Tai U.S. Trade Representative Washington, DC Electronic Submission to Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov Docket Number USTR–2022–0006 Re: Trade Strategy to Combat Forced Labor Dear Ambassador Tai, Thank you for your leadership in the battle against forced labor by announcing that your office will develop a Forced Labor…

Turkmenistan: new harvest findings and how governments should address forced labour in Turkmenistan
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Turkmenistan: new harvest findings and how governments should address forced labour in Turkmenistan

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18 July 2022 In the latest blog, Ruslan Myatiev, founder of Turkmen.news, details the latest findings from the Turkmen cotton harvest. Image credit: em_concepts via Shutterstock. Every year, thousands of people in Turkmenistan are forced into the fields to pick cotton. Despite campaigning and public pressure, the 2021 cotton harvest in Turkmenistan was no exception…

2022 TIP Report Underscores that Extensive Work is Needed to Improve Global Efforts to Protect People from Human Traffickers
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2022 TIP Report Underscores that Extensive Work is Needed to Improve Global Efforts to Protect People from Human Traffickers

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Terry FitzPatrick WASHINGTON – The 2022 U.S. State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, which reviews responses by governments to combat human trafficking and forced labor worldwide, reveals that significant increases in political will and funding are needed to meaningfully improve global efforts to end forced labor and sex trafficking. The 2022 report chronicles…

FTS and Partners Urge G7 to Take Action Against Forced Labor in Supply Chains
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FTS and Partners Urge G7 to Take Action Against Forced Labor in Supply Chains

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On June 13, 2022, Free the Slaves joined 20 civil society organizations, survivors, and academics in urging the G7 to adopt new measures in ensuring forced labor is eradicated from the global supply chain. The leaders of these prosperous countries have the resources and collective voice necessary to enact concrete steps that would protect those…