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SUMMARY:Thai El Monte Garment Workers: The Return of Slavery and Trafficking in The Modern Era
DESCRIPTION:At 4 am on August 2\, 1995\, Chanchanit Martorell\, Executive Director of the Thai Community Development Center\, met with government authorities and law enforcement at a doughnut shop in El Monte\, California\, blocks from the slavery compound that they would raid\, a row of apartment duplexes on a residential street\, eerily surrounded by barbed wire. The US Department of Labor\, California Labor Commission\, California Employment Development Department\, Cal-OSHA\, federal marshals\, and the El Monte police participated in the raid.  \nThai CDC mobilized a coalition of nonprofit organizations\, attorneys\, and community members to offer shelter\, food and clothing\, medical care\, jobs\, and legal services to the workers following their liberation.\n​\nThe Thai workers had labored for 18 or more hours every day inside rat-infested buildings where they lived crammed into bedrooms with ten of their fellow slaves. Their captors controlled them by confiscating passports\, hiring armed guards\, and physically threatening them and their families back home.  \nThey made clothes for brand-name manufacturers and nationwide retailers. Garments bore the labels Anchor Blue\, Tomato\, Clio\, B.U.M.\, High Sierra\, Axle\, and others—labels owned by well-known retailers\, such as Miller’s Outpost and Montgomery Ward\, or sold on the racks of Nordstrom\, Sears\, and Target. \nEl Monte was the first recognized case of modern-day slavery in the United States\, leading to the passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act in the year 2000. This exhibition tells the story of the case from the perspective of the survivors\, featuring their testimonies\, images and maps of the compound\, and other artifacts.​ \n(June 10- September 5 2021)
URL:https://www.freedomunited.org/event/thai-el-monte-garment-workers/
LOCATION:Los Angeles United Methodist Museum of Social Justice\, 115 Paseo de La Plaza\, LA\, CA 90012\, United States
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SUMMARY:Discussion on the impact of EU mHREDD on producing countries. Launch of a new research report.
DESCRIPTION:Anti-Slavery International invites you to the launch of a new research report “EU law. Global impact. A report considering the potential impact of human rights due diligence laws on labour exploitation and forced labour”. This research was undertaken by the Rights Lab\, the University of Nottingham\, Pontifical Catholic University – Rio de Janeiro\, the Institute for Climate and Society (iCS)\, and Partners in Change\, India\, for Anti-Slavery International\, Cividep India and Reporter Brasil. It explores the potential impact of the proposed EU mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence framework through two case studies in producing countries – the leather industry in India and the coffee industry in Brazil. The research included a legal and evidence review\, interviews and focus-group discussions in India and Brazil\, undertaken between March to May 2021. \nTo launch the report\, Anti-Slavery invites you to an online discussion on the research findings and recommendations. The discussion will explore key questions relating to the design\, enforcement and implementation of the proposed mHREDD law to be meaningful to address forced labour in EU supply chains\, such as how the monitoring and enforcement could meaningfully involve the participation of trade unions\, civil society and local authorities of producing countries. \nThis is a non-transferable invitation\, unless approved in advance. Invited to the discussion are representatives of academic institutions\, businesses\, the European Commission\, the European External Action Service\, the European Parliament\, NGOs\, philanthropic trusts\, and trade unions. \nMore details will be sent with the agenda and format in coming weeks.
URL:https://www.freedomunited.org/event/discussion-on-the-impact-of-eu-mhredd/
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