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EICC-GeSI Labor & Ethics Lead Auditor Training

Verité is pleased to announce the certification of our EICC Labor & Ethics Lead Auditor Course by IRCA (International Register of Certificated Auditors)

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Read More August 27, 2010
Trafficking in Persons Report 2010

"The 10th annual Trafficking in Persons Report outlines the continuing challenges across the globe, including in the United States. The Report, for the first time, includes a ranking of the...

Read More July 12, 2010
Verite Publishes Report on Role of Brokers in Forced Labor

The report coincides with the organization's launch of the Well Made initiative, which aims to engage stakeholders in finding solutions to the problem.

At least as far back as 2001, when...

Read More July 9, 2010
Modern-Day Slavery: Alive and Well

Modern-day slavery is not just about sex workers or poor people in faraway places.

Some farmworkers in the U.S., for all practical purposes, work as slaves. Laborers with few or no rights,...

Read More June 28, 2010
Chinese Working Conditions are Continuing Problem - Watch the interview with Verité China Director Wenjuan Yao

Working conditions in China is not a new issue and the Chinese government is making efforts to address it, Wenjuan Yao from Verité told CNBC Thursday. Verité monitors working...

Read More June 23, 2010
The Close: See the Interview with Verité Executive Director Dan Viederman on BNN

It may be the 21st century, but virtual slave labour still contributes to supply chains around the world. BNN looks at contract manufacturing processes in China, and what Western companies are...

Read More June 23, 2010
More than 12 million are modern slaves, U.S. says

A sobering new report from the State Department finds that more than 12 million people worldwide are victims of "trafficking in persons" — trapped in forced labor, bonded labor or...

Read More June 15, 2010
China labour unrest may signal end of cheap manufacturing

China’s worker unrest showed no signs of abating on Friday, with about 500 employees protesting at a Honda lock factory, in actions that point to the end of an era of cheap labour for some...

Read More June 15, 2010
Foxconn Suicides Lead to Scrutiny of Supply Chain Management

Contract manufacturer for such electronics companies as Apple and HP faces questions about its labor practices in the aftermath of suicides by workers.

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Read More June 10, 2010
Teaching the world to change

An estimated 200 million children work in developing countries. Another 25 million people are enslaved in factories, farms, mines, and homes. Hundreds of millions more are cheated out of wages...

Read More June 3, 2010