Seafood Archives

What We’re Talking About in August 2021

Compensation and Hours, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Gender Equality, Human Rights, Labor Supply Chains, Migrant Workers, Seafood

Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO President, Dies at Age 72. From aflcio.org: “Trumka was the nation’s clearest voice on the critical need to ensure that all workers have a good job and the power to determine their wages and working conditions.” U.S. Black Women...

What We’re Talking About in October

Apparel, Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Seafood

U.S. Bans Imports from Malaysian Palm Oil Company FGV | 187 UN Member States Ratify Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labor | Seafood Working Group Relaunches with New Advisory Body | Union Busting and Unfair Dismissals: Garment Workers During COVID-19 | Brazil Court Rules in Favor of Anti-Slavery “Dirty List”

2019: A Year of Impact, Achievement, and Optimism

Africa, Agriculture, Apparel, Asia, Central America, Child Labor, Civil Society, Compensation and Hours, Corporate Social Responsibility, Financial Sector, Food and Beverage, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Human Rights, Labor Supply Chains, Latin America, Living Wages, Manufacturing, Middle East, Migrant Workers, Modern Slavery, Partnership, raw materials, Recruitment, Seafood, South America, Southeast Asia, Technology, Verité, Worker Empowerment

While we are humbled by the great deal more we need to accomplish, we are proud of what we have been able to achieve this past year. Please join us in a review of selected notable projects from 2019.

What We’re Talking About in November

Construction, Financial Sector, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Labor Supply Chains, Seafood, Southeast Asia, Trafficking in Persons Report

UN Special Rapporteur Report on Trafficking in Persons | Investor Snapshot: Forced Labor in the Construction Sector | Engineering and Construction Companies Release Guidance Notes for Worker Welfare | Better Labor Inspections in Thai Fishing Sector

What We’re Talking About in September

Africa, Apparel, Gender Discrimination, Human Rights, Recruitment, Seafood

Groundbreaking Agreement to Combat Sexual Harassment at a Major Garment Supplier | A First Look at Employers Using the J-1 Summer Work Travel Visa | The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier by Ian Urbina