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Rural India is filled with stories of missing children grabbed and forced into various forms of modern slavery including forced labor, forced marriage, sexual exploitation, and organ trafficking. As told in the Indian Express, these stories inspired Pallabi Ghosh to start an organization that works with local law enforcement to investigate, rescue, and rehabilitate trafficking […]
Fareeda’s story Recruited to work as a domestic worker in Dubai, Fareeda, a 49-year-old woman from India was promised a monthly salary of AED 1,400 ($381) with free food and accommodation. Upon arrival, Fareeda’s passport and documents were confiscated, and it became clear that her recruiter, Shenaz, lied. After 21 days of hard labor, she […]
We can’t wait to share the results of our 2023 supporter survey! Thanks to you, we now have a clearer picture of how YOU want to see the Freedom United platform used in the fight against modern slavery and what the Freedom United community finds most inspiring! So, what modern slavery issues would you like […]
Major fashion brands, including Barbour and PVH (owner of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger), are set to pay over £400,000 in compensation to migrant workers in Mauritius, following an investigation into the garment industry by Transparentem. The findings reveal a distressing pattern of illegal recruitment fees, deception, and intimidation faced by workers from many regions. […]
Policies from the 1960s still in place today are being challenged in court by seasonal agricultural workers who say the policies allowed them to be denied benefits and exploited as reported in a recent article by CP24. Plaintiffs say they were left vulnerable to labor abuse at the hands of their employers due to these […]
NPR News relays the story of Shanta Bai, a farmworker in rural India, who was locked in a chicken coop for a week by her employer, along with other women, to ensure the loan she had received was repaid through her forced labor. Debt bondage is considered a type of forced labor because workers are […]
A recent investigation by The Guardian into international supply-chain auditing companies found a lack of independence and transparency in their auditing processes. On top of failing to protect workers, the investigation also highlighted that audit companies are part of a system that prioritizes protecting the image and bottom line of manufacturers over safeguarding workers’ rights. […]
In a letter dispatched to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week, Republican attorneys general from 16 U.S. states to scrutinize and issue a warning on the supply chain of fast-fashion giant Shein for potential use of forced labor. This call echoes a similar plea made in May by two dozen U.S. representatives, urging […]
General secretary of the U.K. healthcare trade union Unison, Christina McAnea, has written to the U.K.’s social care minister, Helen Whately urging her to address increasing reports by overseas care workers of “shocking abuse”. Forms of exploitation include workers being required to be permanently on call, working 19-hour shifts without breaks, having wages withheld and […]
A third of the billion dollar industry’s workforce are children – many of whom are forced into work.
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