CBP Archives - Verité

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...

June 2021 Policy Updates

Policy Work

A Presidential Agenda for Ending Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking – Through our work with ATEST, Verité contributed to a comprehensive memorandum of recommendations for the Biden-Harris administration, which advocates for a whole-of-government approach to...

What We’re Talking About in June

Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Labor Supply Chains, Migrant Workers, Modern Slavery, raw materials

COVID-19 Pandemic Fueling Child Labor | Leading Human Rights Scholars Stand with Maritza and Adareli by Filing a Supplement under the USMCA | USDOL Withdraws “Independent Contract Rule” | CBP Ramps Up Efforts to Fight Forced Labor

What We’re Talking About in December

Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethical Recruitment, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Human Rights, Labor Supply Chains, Migrant Workers

Global Study on Recruitment Fees and Related Costs The International Labour Organization launched a study examining laws and policies of 90 countries to identify the efforts Member States have made to regulate or prohibit recruitment fees and costs charged to workers....

Customs and Border Protection Issues Withhold Release Orders

Extractives, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Labor Supply Chains, Manufacturing, Modern Slavery

U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued five Withhold Release Orders covering five different products (http://bit.ly/2mEqvAp) on October 1, 2019. Their action demonstrates that forced labor is all too common across diverse sectors and geographies. To understand how...