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What We’re Talking About in October 2021

Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Health and Safety, Labor Supply Chains, Manufacturing

ILAB Launches New Compliance and Accountability Resource | EPA Takes Action to Address Risk from Chlorpyrifos to Children & Farmworkers | Agreement on New, Expanded Bangladesh Accord | Liz Shuler Elected President of AFL-CIO | Other People’s Rotten Jobs Are Bad for Them | And More

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

U.S. Department of Labor Releases 2020 List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor

Agriculture, Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Manufacturing, raw materials

Few reports have as much significance in the world of labor rights as the bi-annual U.S. Department of Labor’s List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor, the latest edition of which was released on September 30.