By Aaron Dorfman Published on May 2, 2014 in The Huffington Post On the front page of The New York Times last week, there was a fantastic article about how the abusive practices faced by workers in Florida tomato fields have virtually ended. Laborers, mostly immigrants, are now...
Tag: Labor Trafficking
News Round-up — May 2, 2014
Check out the latest News Round-up of ATEST members appearing in media stories this week: News Stories MGH Receives Grant to Open Human Trafficking Survivor Clinic by Lara Salahi, Boston.com (May 1, 2014) ‘Food Chains’ premieres at Tribeca Film Festival in NYC, Florida...
News Round-up — April 25, 2014
News stories across the United States featured ATEST members and their efforts to combat human trafficking. This week, The New York Times highlighted the incredible work by Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Fair Food Program (FFP) to eradicate human trafficking and slavery...
In Florida Tomato Fields, a Penny Buys Progress
By Steven Greenhouse Published on April 24, 2014 in The New York Times IMMOKALEE, Fla. — Not long ago, Angelina Velasquez trudged to a parking lot at 5 each morning so a crew leader’s bus could drop her at the tomato fields by 6. She often waited there, unpaid — while the dew...
Three Things You Don’t Know About Your Tomato
By Sanjay Rawal Published on April 22, 2014 in The Huffington Post I grew up in a tomato family. My father was the director of research for Del Monte in northern California, and my summers were spent with him in the Central Valley on farms that grew experimental varieties of...
News Round-up — April 11, 2014
ATEST members appeared in the news this week, highlighting their efforts to combat human trafficking, here at home and abroad. News Stories Holly Smith, Author of Walking Prey and Sex Trafficking Survivor, Shares Advice and Her Story by Jane Mosbacher Morris, The Huffington Post...
Congressional Briefing: Combating Exploitative Child Labor (Full)
On April 8, 2014 ATEST and The Child Labor Coalition convened a congressional briefing on combating exploitative child labor. The briefing featured a remarks by long-time champion, Senator Tom Harkin and James Kofi Annan, a child trafficking survivor and award-winning advocate. A panel...
Congressional Briefing: Combating Exploitative Child Labor Highlights
On April 8, 2014 ATEST and The Child Labor Coalition convened a congressional briefing on combating exploitative child labor. The briefing featured a remarks by long-time champion, Senator Tom Harkin and James Kofi Annan, a child trafficking survivor and award-winning advocate. A panel...
The Ugly Truth Behind Guatemala’s Fast-Growing, Super-Efficient Palm Oil Industry
By Roberto A. Ferdman Published on April 3, 2014 in Quartz Guatemala is among the world’s most prolific palm-oil-producing countries, but it also appears to be one of the cruelest. A new report (pdf) released by the international labor watchdog Verité details the labor and...
Domestic Help Files Lawsuit Against Bangla New York Consul General
Published on March 25, 2014 in the India TV News New York: Bangladesh Consul General in New York is facing charges of abusing his domestic help, just months after Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade’s domestic help filed a lawsuit against her for similar reasons. The worker...