A group of Indonesian fishermen recently filed a lawsuit in the US claiming Bumble Bee Foods failed to stop human rights abuses suffered onboard the company’s contracted fishing ships. But now the seafood giant is asking for the case to be dismissed on legal grounds in an effort to end it before it reaches trial, […]
Source: Mongabay
333 workers found in slave labor conditions in Brazilian mines
In the last 13 years, 333 people have been rescued from slave-labor conditions in Brazil’s illegal mines according to a new report from Mining Observatory. Most were operating in the Amazon and mining for gold, while other mines targeted precious stones such as amethyst, kaolin, limestone and tin. Law enforcement found the majority of victims […]
Two more Indonesian fishing crew die on board Chinese fishing fleet
Two Indonesian men have died on board a Chinese fishing fleet that faces allegations of forced labor and illegal fishing. Mongabay reports that one of the men, Saleh Anakota, died on board Long Xing 629, a boat that has become the focus of international outcry after the deaths of four other Indonesian men who fell […]
Slave Labor Found at Second Starbucks-Certified Coffee Farm
In July of last year, Brazilian labor inspectors found six employees on the Cedro II farm in Minas Gerais state were subjected to slave labor. The coffee plantation had been certified by both Starbucks and Nestlé-affiliated brand Nespresso. Yet when the farm landed on Brazil’s Dirty List, a government-backed listing of companies and employers in […]