Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) have pledged $500,000 to charities fighting human trafficking.
The move was inspired by one of baseball’s top players, Albert Pujols of the Angels, and the organization he founded with his wife two years ago called Strike Out Slavery.
“We thought very highly of the work they were doing,” said Melanie LeGrande, MLB vice president of social responsibility, “and we thought this was a topic we could have more of an impact on.”
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Hatred and cruelty are increasingly being spewed towards migrants in the UK, but the truth is, the country cannot function without them. More than one in five NHS staff are migrants. The same is true across social care. And in London, migrants make up nearly half the workforce.
Yet instead of being valued, migrant care workers are being scapegoated by politicians.
The most recent attack on the rights and protections for migrant workers is by the
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