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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:How Businesses Can Support Survivors Of Modern Slavery
DESCRIPTION:This webinar will provide insights into the challenges and barriers survivors of modern slavery face reintegrating back into society. It will also share how businesses can most effectively support survivors. \nGuest speakers will include: \nAndrew Francks\, Global Director Talent and Performance\, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG).\nRachel Mulryan\, Phoenix Service Manager\, Hestia.\nRose Makilagi\, Black Country Women’s Aid\nKate Garbers\, Rights Lab\, University of Nottingham \nHow businesses can support survivors of modern slavery \nModern slavery is known to be one of the most significant (and fastest-growing) crimes of our time. In the UK\, more than 10\,000 potential victims of modern slavery were identified in 20201. Businesses have a key role to play in responding to modern slavery by ensuring their business practices do not enable vulnerable people to be exploited\, either in their direct operations or supply chains. \nBusinesses can also support identified survivors of modern slavery to get the support they need to recover and thrive. In this webinar\, you will hear from expert speakers about how to take a needs-led approach\, and the different types of support your business could provide. \nAbout Business in the Community’s work on employment and skills \nCreating meaningful employment is one of the most significant ways that business contributes to the livelihoods of individuals and communities\, and is for many the only sustainable route out of poverty. \nOffering quality experience of work\, adopting new approaches to recruitment and breaking down barriers to entering work for people from disadvantaged groups can benefit business by tackling skills shortages\, building new talent pipelines\, boosting retention rates and achieving higher productivity. \nFind out more about Business in the Community’s (BITC) work on employment and skills. \nAudience \nThis event is open to BITC members and non-members. It may be of interest to people working in CSR/responsible business roles as well as HR/people management practitioners. \nContact details and further information \nFor more information\, contact Florence Hughes\, Events Manager at BITC. \nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event. \nFollowing government advice on social distancing\, all BITC events over the coming months will be delivered remotely via digital technology.
URL:https://www.freedomunited.org/event/how-businesses-can-support-survivors/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Forced Labour Trafficking in Supply Chains : Screening Event and Panel
DESCRIPTION:Forced Labour Trafficking is defined by the International Labour Organization as a condition when “violence or intimidation is used to make someone work against his or her will”. In South East Asia\, many debt bondage contracts trap individuals and children in a condition where they are asked to work inhumane amounts of hours under contracts which deny them basic human rights. Labourers are subject to many forms of abuse\, and may be targeted by human traffickers or exploited by them. \nIt is however\, a sad condition of modern consumerism that most of our needs\, especially those revolving around garments perpetuate this inhumanity. Abusive contracts bind many workers in factories\, to work for long hours in the Asia-Pacific region as well as the rest of the world. The Screenings and the Panel discussion discuss the pitfalls of our fast fashion lifestyle and discuss measures we as people\, organizations\, governments and consumers can take to rectify this dire human rights violation before it destroys many more lives and ecologies. \nROMILDAMOR will be holding a screening event on “Forced Labour Trafficking in Supply Chains” on August 12th\, 2021. Our event will be held and sponsored by CFC Underwriting. \nOur aim is to connect you with experts well versed in the field of human rights\, who will enlighten us on the impacts of supply chain operations and labour exploitation. We will also provide an opportunity for questions and answers\, to enable the audience to engage in a thought-provoking discussion on how best we can invoke change and reduce labour trafficking in commercial supply chain practices. \nWe are proud to announce that this event has been sponsored by CFC Underwriting\, Tribe Foundation\, Tony’s Chocolonely\, Proper Corn and Friendly Soap are our sponsors for the event! They will be providing amazing goodies for our gift bags! \nThank you so much for your incredible support and we look forward to welcoming you! \nProgramme: \n6pm : Arrival & Introduction \n6:15pm – 7:15pm : Documentary Screening \n7:15pm – 8 : 45pm: Panel Discussion \n8: 45pm : Closing & Thanks \nPlease note: this event will take place subject to COVID – 19 Government Restrictions. Should anything change\, we will inform all attendees and the event will be hosted virtually on Zoom. Any ticket amount spent in which case will be refunded.
URL:https://www.freedomunited.org/event/forced-labour-trafficking-in-supply-chains/
LOCATION:CFC Underwriting Ltd.\, 85 Gracechurch Street\, London\, EC3V 0AA\, United Kingdom
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