[vc_row ct_padding=”u-no-space”][vc_column][ct_goal]We launched an action to to support the passage of the E.U. forced labor regulation bill. The bill would ban the import of goods suspected of being made with forced labor, including those linked to Uyghur exploitation, from entering Europe.[/ct_goal][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][ct_summary]The Freedom United community emailed E.U. representatives calling for the bill’s passage. Timeline of events: […]
Victory category: Forced Labor
Urge California to ensure all its temporary workers are free from slavery
[vc_row ct_padding=”u-no-space”][vc_column][ct_goal]To protect temporary migrant workers in California from exploitation by passing legislation requiring greater oversight of foreign labor recruiters. [/ct_goal][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][ct_summary]Temporary migrant workers are vulnerable to unscrupulous FLCs who illegally charge them high fees and bind them to exploitative work conditions. California is the largest host state in the U.S. for temporary migrant workers. However, […]
Help stop forced labor of detainees
Goal: In 2018, we launched our campaign against CoreCivic — a for-profit detention facilities company that contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — in response to reports of immigrants being subjected to forced labor at CoreCivic’s Otay Mesa Immigration Detention Center in California. We called on CoreCivic to make three key changes: Address forced labor allegations at Otay Mesa and provide […]
Demand US Customs block imports of tainted palm oil
Update July 1, 2021: Today the US State Department’s 2021 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report downgraded Malaysia to Tier 3 — the lowest possible ranking — due to the government’s failure to address human trafficking. Forced labor in the country’s vast palm oil sector was highlighted as a key issue, and our campaign was alluded […]
Malaysia: End debt bondage for migrant workers
Photo: Our local partner, Tenaganita, delivering the campaign petition to Malaysia’s Ministry of Human Resources. [vc_row ct_padding=”u-no-space”][vc_column][ct_goal]To prevent the Malaysian Ministry of Human Resources from following through on a proposal made by Minister M. Kulasegaran to allow employers to deduct 20% from of foreign workers’ salaries in order to prevent them from fleeing their workplaces. […]
Continuing the fight against forced labor in Eritrea
[vc_row ct_padding=”u-no-space”][vc_column][ct_goal]The campaign sought to leverage foreign investment to put pressure on the Eritrean government to end its forced conscript labor program by ending international business complicity. Our campaign focused on Nevsun Resources Ltd by targeting their investors Blackrock and M&G to divest from the gold, copper, and zinc Bisha mine in Eritrea, where forced conscript labor was allegedly used in its construction. The mine was majority-owned by Nevsun Resources Ltd – a Canadian mining company. At […]
Call for a slavery-free Valentine’s Day
[vc_row ct_padding=”u-no-space”][vc_column][ct_goal]Freedom United activists to ask their favourite stores to ensure their products are free of modern slavery. [/ct_goal][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][ct_summary]In the days leading up to Valentine’s Day, many stores remind us it’s time to shop for gifts for the people we love. In 2014, Freedom United took a stand by exposing how many of these traditional tokens […]
Protecting Migrant Workers in Brazil
[vc_row ct_padding=”u-no-space”][vc_column][ct_goal]To call on the National Congress of Brazil to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.[/ct_goal][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][ct_summary]Huge numbers of migrant workers travel to Brazil every year to escape unemployment, poverty, or in the hope of a better life. Unfortunately, many migrants find […]
Protecting Filipino Overseas Workers from Trafficking
According to the 2014 edition of the Global Slavery Index (GSI), there are 2,178,100 people living in slavery in the Middle East and North Africa. The region is a destination for men and women from Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa who travel with the promise of well-paying job contracts. For a nation like the Philippines, with a high migration rate, such promises present a considerable risk.
Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act (USA)
Partnering with ATEST, we will petition members of the U.S. House of Representatives to consider the Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2015 that would ask businesses to disclose what efforts they take to identify human trafficking in their supply chains.