In recognition of Human Trafficking Awareness Month, ATEST convened five survivor advocates to speak to lawmakers and staff on Capitol Hill. They brought messages on behalf of survivors of sex and labor trafficking throughout the US and beyond. Requests were made for US government...
Tag: Labor Trafficking
KnowTheChain.org Holds Companies Accountable to Supply Chain Transparency Law
KnowTheChain.org is holding companies accountable to California's supply chain transparency law, SB 657. Stephanie Richard of the Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST) shares the stories of forced labor and trafficking that occur within corporate supply chains across...
Congressional Briefing: Combating Human Trafficking (Highlights)
In recognition of Human Trafficking Awareness Month, ATEST convened five survivor advocates to speak to lawmakers and staff on Capitol Hill. They brought messages on behalf of survivors of sex and labor trafficking throughout the US and beyond. Requests were made for US government...
Human Trafficking Survivors Urge U.S. to Take Action
By Bryant Harris Published on January 28, 2014 on Inter Press Service Advocacy groups and some legislators are calling on the U.S. government to mandate an increase in corporate supply chain transparency, with the aim of cutting down on the estimated 14,000 to 17,000...
Hospitality, Agriculture Firms Vulnerable to Human Trafficking
By Carey L. Biron Published on January 3, 2014 in Inter Press Service Shareholders are calling on 15 U.S.-based multinational corporations to ensure that their global supply chains are not facilitating human rights abuses, particularly labour and sex trafficking. In a new...
Walking the Walk on Farmworker Rights
By Maisie Ganzler Published on November 20, 2013 on the Huffington Post Blog It’s Thanksgiving time once again, and our tables will be filled with delectable dishes, many of them made with ingredients grown on American farms. As someone whose job it is to know as much as...
Trafficking Victim Now Advocates For Others
Member of the CAST Survivor Advisory Caucus Angela Guanzon was interviewed by Rachel Martin on NPR Weekend Edition on November 10, 2013. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Congressman Royce heard testimony from victims of trafficking this past week. One of them was the woman he mentioned in...
ATEST Letter to Support the Regulation of Foreign Labor Recruiters as Part of House Immigration Reform (June 2013)
Labor recruiters are often complicit or directly involved in the trafficking of workers, exploiting U.S. nonimmigrant visa programs. These recruiters, who operate in a climate of impunity, lure impoverished and desperate foreign workers to the United States, promising jobs described as...
Human Trafficking: A Big Business Built on Forced Labor
By Neha Misra Published on February 2, 2013 in the Huffington Post Blog Trafficking in persons has become a big business. Globally, it's a $32 billion industry involving 161 countries -- including the United States. Trafficking in persons involves activities where one person...
Human Trafficking Victims Face Greater Peril by Congressional Delays
By Mary C. Ellison, Director of Policy for Polaris Project Published on January 18, 2013 in the Huffington Post Blog Women and girls trapped in brothels. Men forced to work long hours under harsh conditions for minimal or no pay, unable to leave due to huge debts and threats to...