ILO Calls on Uzbekistan to End Forced Labour 11 June 2013 Blog, News 11 June 2013 International workers, employers, governments call on Uzbekistan to end Forced labour. The International Labour Organization Supervisory Body recommends that the Uzbek government takes urgent and serious action to end Forced labour of children and adults in the…
Cotton Crimes: H&M success and call on Nike to end complicity in Uzbekistan’s slavery 18 April 2013 Blog, News 18 April 2013 H&M takes steps to stop complicity in Uzbek Forced labour In response to our campaign and the hundreds of emails sent by Anti-Slavery supporters, H&M moved to take some steps to limit the risk of its products…
Forced labour warnings over fake jobs in run up to Olympics 27 June 2012 Blog, News 27 June 2012 With a month to go before the Olympics, prospective workers are being warned of the dangers of forced labour in London and especially of falling foul to false promises of jobs related to the Games. Speaking at…
EU Support for ILO Mission Crucial to Ending Forced Child Labour 31 May 2012 Blog, News 31 May 2012 The European Union should urge the Uzbek government to grant access to the International Labour Organization (ILO) to monitor the 2012 cotton harvest, a coalition of nongovernmental organizations said in letters to the European Union High Representative…
New exhibition exposes modern slavery in London 23 August 2011 Blog 23 August 2011 23 August – 20 November 2011 In partnership with Anti-Slavery International A new exhibition at the Museum of London and Museum of London Docklands will lift the lid on the shocking reality of trafficking and forced labour…
“Never Work Alone” says New Report on Forced Labour 16 March 2011 Blog 16 March 2011 ITUC and ASI join forces to combat forced labour in Europe Brussels, 16 March 2011 (ITUC OnLine): Extreme exploitation of migrant workers is a dire trend throughout Europe. The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is releasing Never…
Over a hundred people freed from slavery in Mexico 4 December 2009 Blog 4 December 2009 Mexican police have rescued 107 indigenous people held in forced labour at a factory in Mexico City disguised as a drugs rehabilitation centre. Twenty three suspects were arrested following a raid by police on Thursday 3 December.…
Global extent of forced labour in everyday products revealed by US 11 September 2009 Blog 11 September 2009 People are being forced against their will to produce everything from Christmas decorations in China to pornography in Russia and shrimp in Thailand, according to a major new report by the US Department ofLabor. The report, The…
Jail for DVD pirates who used Chinese ‘slave labour’ 28 July 2009 Blog 28 July 2009 A father and his two sons have been jailed for a total of eighteen years for running a criminal multi-million pound film piracy industry in London that used ‘a slave labour force’ of Chinese workers (28 July…
Zimbabwe Army using forced labour in diamond fields 26 June 2009 Blog 26 June 2009 A new report by Human Right Watch has accused the Zimbabwean military of using forced labour in the Marange diamond fields in the east of the country. The report accuses Zanu-PF controlled soldiers of forcing hundreds of…