Labour exploitation, slave-like conditions found on farms supplying biggest supermarkets

4 May 2015, ABC (Australia) Conclusive evidence of extreme labour exploitation, slave-like conditions and black market labour gangs has been found on farms and in factories supplying Australia’s biggest supermarkets and fast food chains. A Four Corners investigation has revealed the food being picked, packed and processed by exploited workers is being sold to consumers […]

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Can data help end forced labor?

29 April 2015, Devex Two years after the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh killed more than 1,100 workers and injured 2,515 — the deadliest garment factory accident on record — donors and entrepreneurs are calling upon the power of data to prevent forced labor worldwide. Labor trafficking is becoming harder to track as companies’

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Isolation from technology and social networks hikes risk of labor trafficking

26 February 2015, USC News  Migrant workers isolated from technology and social networks are more vulnerable to human trafficking, forced labor and exploitation, according to a new report released today by the Center for Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. “Technology and Labor Trafficking in a Network

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The role of labour market intermediaries in driving forced and unfree labour

18 February 2015, Open Democracy There has been lots of talk about multinational corporations’ responsibility for fuelling forced labour.  But what about the labour market intermediaries who recruit and supply vulnerable workers to these firms? In many people’s minds, words like trafficking and modern slavery are associated with sexual exploitation, especially of women and children.

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UN investigates claims of Gulf state abuse of migrant workers

29 November 2014, The Guardian UAE projects involving major western museums accused of treating foreign labourers as modern-day slaves The United Nations is investigating the abuse of migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates, where the British Museum and other major western museums, including the Guggenheim, are involved in a multibillion-pound cultural hub. The move,

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