Agriculture Archives

COVID-19 in the Coffee Sector: Challenges for Workers and Farmers

Agriculture, Child Labor, COVID-19, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Health and Safety, Latin America, Living Wages

In many countries, including major producing nations such as Brazil and Colombia, workers in the coffee sector have been defined as essential workers who must continue to work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Verité research has found that even before the pandemic, the...

COVID-19 and Vulnerability to Human Trafficking for Forced Labor

Agriculture, COVID-19, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Health and Safety, Labor Supply Chains, Manufacturing, Migrant Workers, Transportation and Logistics

Verité has identified a number of factors that increase workers’ vulnerability to becoming victims of human trafficking, all of which will likely worsen during and after the COVID-19 crisis, including poverty, inequality, political instability, conflict, crime/violence, and tightening of restrictions on immigration.

Senderos (Pathways) Project

Agriculture, Central America, Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Human Rights, raw materials, Worker Empowerment

Verité is excited to launch a major new program in Mexico to promote and protect labor rights more effectively in the sugarcane sector. SENDEROS will combine intensive rights training and grievance mechanisms for workers with closely coordinated efforts with both the Mexican government and the private sector to create a new approach to labor rights enforcement in a sector that has long experienced poor working conditions.

What We’re Talking About in February 2020

Agriculture, Human Rights, Labor Supply Chains, Migrant Workers, Worker Empowerment

Coalition Letter of Support for the Protecting the Right to Organize Act | Responsible Investment and the Labor Question | A More Sustainable Supply Chain | New Database Shows Almost Half of Countries Don’t Criminalize Slavery | Promoting Fair and Effective Labor Migration Policies in Agriculture and Rural Areas

Major New Project to Improve Adherence to International Labor Standards in Mexican Agriculture

Agriculture, Central America, Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Human Rights, raw materials, Verité, Worker Empowerment

Verité announces major new project to improve adherence to international labor standards in Mexican agriculture.