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Labor exploitation, also known as labor trafficking or forced labor, refers to the practice of using force, fraud, or coercion to exploit individuals for labor or commercial sex. Labor exploitation often occurs in industries such as agriculture, domestic work, and construction, where workers may be vulnerable to abuse due to their immigration status, lack of education, or other factors. Victims of labor exploitation may be forced to work long hours for little or no pay, and may be subject to physical, sexual, or psychological abuse. Governments and organizations around the world are working to combat labor exploitation and protect the rights of workers.
California lawmakers are calling for a sweeping investigation into corruption in the state’s cannabis industry, legislative hearings on the exploitation of farmworkers and new laws to thwart labor trafficking in response to revelations of rampant abuses and worker deaths in a multibillion-dollar market that has become increasingly unmanageable. The proposals follow a series of Times…
Preble Street will be increasing services, outreach and solutions to help fight human trafficking, thanks to a three-year, $2.5 million grant awarded in coordination with the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project and Pine Tree Legal Assistance. The funding, from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, will help provide training to law enforcement agencies, service providers and communities to better understand human trafficking, U.S. protections, and…
President Joe Biden is directing the nation’s deportation agents to raise pay for the millions of illegal migrants who are pushing many older, slower, and sicker Americans out of the workforce. The new policy from border chief Alejandro Mayorkas dangles the promise of temporary residency permits to illegals who report workplace abuse by employers. The…
Our investigations team was recently informed of Asha*, a female en route to Kuwait for promised employment. Her husband, Sitaram*, was a mason in their village in South Asia, but due to chronic leg pain, he was unable to walk properly and struggled to provide for his family. Their economic situation was dire as they…
As I commemorated Martin Luther King, Jr. this week and thought about racial justice, one area we don’t talk enough about is the racialized reality of human trafficking. According to the Congressional Black Caucus, 57.5 percent of all juvenile detention prostitution arrests were of Black children, and 40 percent of sex trafficking victims identified as…
Australia’s Modern Slavery Act was introduced in 2018 to tackle labor exploitation in companies’ supply chains. The law is currently undergoing a review, but experts are calling on the government to go beyond big business and address its own role in creating vulnerabilities to forced labor and exploitation too. The Modern Slavery Act review The…
Part one of a two-part report. MANILA, Philippines — “After several years working back and forth as a seaman, it’s the first time that I experienced an employer that abused me. They mistreated us.” Lloyd* didn’t know he would be fishing in Ireland. When he signed his contract in the Philippines, it was with a…
The European Commission on Monday called for both forced marriage and illegal adoption to become types of exploitation criminalized as trafficking in human beings in all European Union countries, a change that is part of the review Brussels is presenting to strengthen the fight against the sexual and labor exploitation of people. The Community Executive…
Published 12:41 pm Monday, December 19, 2022 Contributed Photo Elizabethton Mayor Curt Alexander presents a copy of the City of Elizabethton proclamation making January Human Trafficking Awareness Month to Gabi Smith who serves as a Community Liaison for the Community Coalition Against Human Trafficking. CONTRIBUTED BY CITY OF ELIZABETHTON PUBLIC RELATIONS Human trafficking is something…
[Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of an ongoing editorial series led by Verité exploring labor issues affecting the global coffee sector through its U.S. Department of Labor-funded Cooperation On Fair, Free, Equitable Employment (COFFEE) Project. See more of Verité’s work on coffee here. Daily Coffee News does not engage in sponsored content of any…
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