Forced Labor

Slaughterhouses are no place for children

Thirteen-year-olds are scrubbing blood off kill floors, handling dangerous chemicals, and working overnight shifts in meatpacking [...]

Young person in full workwear, including protective hat, googles, rubber gloves and waterproof coat crouching on the floor

Stop child labor rollbacks in the U.S.

Click here to see details of each bill that has been enacted or introduced. Tragedy strikes “Two times he began to scream, ‘Help! [...]

Freedom United Fashion Pledge

Fast fashion, a global phenomenon, has revolutionized the clothing industry, but its dark side looms large. Behind the allure of [...]

Pledge to end debt bondage in mica mining

Credit: Courtesy of CNA and The Moving Visuals Co. Watch ‘The Ugly Side of Beauty’ here. “Three years ago I got a [...]

Stand with domestic workers against kafala

Open letter to Lebanon’s Ministry of Labour

To: Lebanon’s Ministry of Labour REF: Migrant Domestic Worker Wages Dear Ms. Lammia Yammine Douaihy, We are writing to express [...]

Amend the 13th : Outlaw slavery in the United States

It is 2024 and slavery and involuntary servitude is still legal in the United States. Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, [...]

Call for laws that put people and planet before profits

Why we need to put people before profit Right now, there are millions of people all over the world being forced to work to produce [...]

End child exploitation in cocoa

Companies, stop child exploitation in cocoa! Child slavery and child labor have plagued the cocoa industry in Côte d’Ivoire and [...]

Demand cocoa transparency from Mondelēz

Mondelēz must be transparent and clean up their cocoa supply chain! Sign the petition here. We are seriously concerned about its [...]

Demand cocoa transparency from General Mills

General Mills must be more transparent and clean up their cocoa supply chain! Sign the petition here! Forced labor and forced child [...]

End slavery in the U.S. prison and detention industry

Watch our Instagram live conversation with Be Better Belmont. Forced labor should not be legal in the United States. But it is, and [...]

Divest from forced labor in Eritrea

Watch our discussion on tackling forced labor in Eritrea. The Eritrean government’s program of mandatory and indefinite national [...]

COVID-19: Call for survivor and migrant access to healthcare

Watch our discussion exposing the gaps between international standards and lived experiences of modern slavery protection. The COVID-19 [...]

Free Uyghurs from forced labor in China

“If the government tells you to work, you go.” — Uyghur laborer, Aksu, China. People belonging to ethnic, cultural, and religious [...]

California must protect all migrant workers!

Urge California to ensure all its temporary workers are free from slavery

“When I got to the US things were very different from what I thought. I was told I owed $12,000 for my transportation to the [...]

Lift the Ban: give survivors the right to work & live in dignity

Watch people on the streets of London share their thoughts on granting people seeking asylum the right to work. Instead of focusing on [...]

Hotels: take action against slavery

No one should be above the law. Yet hotels are leaving workers and service-users at risk of exploitation, with some even failing to [...]

Demand US Customs block imports of tainted palm oil

Did you know that there is a high risk that palm oil linked to forced labor and environmental destruction could end up on US [...]

Malaysia: End debt bondage for migrant workers

The Malaysian government is proposing employers deduct 20% from migrant workers’ salaries. The reason? To prevent workers from fleeing [...]

Traidcraft Exchange are Asking: Who Picked My Tea?

What tea brand do you drink? Did you know that many tea blends include tea from Assam, where people get poverty wages, are scared to [...]

Help stop forced labor of detainees

“…detainees began to work in the kitchen just so they could eat more…one detainee lost 68 lbs. Their ‘volunteering’ involved literally [...]

Ethical Production & Purchasing

Day 4: RESEARCH YOUR FAVOURITE BRAND Chances are decent that your clothing was made under less than ideal working conditions. But what [...]

Drink coffee in the direction of freedom

When you buy fair trade coffee from Camano Island, Set Free receives 10% of your purchase. Learn more here.

Urge Monster to investigate slavery risk in its drinks

Monster Beverage Corporation, which controls 43% of the U.S.’s energy drinks market, states that there is a “minimal risk” of slavery [...]