https://www.europesays.com/2133456/ US announces visa restrictions for central American government officials #CubanMedicalMissionPrograms #CubanWorkers #ForcedLabor #MarcoRubio #SecretaryOfState #U.S.SecretaryOfStateMarcoRubio #UnitedStates #VisaRestrictions
US #SupremeCourt to review GEO Group's loss in immigrant detainee *#ForcedLabor* [#slavery] case
#SCOTUS on June 2 agreed to decide if #GEOGroup can quickly appeal a judge's ruling denying the #PrivatePrison operator #government #IMMUNITY in a class action claiming #immigrant detainees were forced to work & paid $1 a day.
#immigration #law #CivilRights #HumanRights #exploitation #PenalLabor #PrisonLabor
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-review-geo-groups-loss-immigrant-detainee-forced-labor-case-2025-06-02/
Trump coerces $100M deal for free legal svcs from Skadden Arps from his EO shakedown of primo law firms.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5220137-trump-skadden-100-million-pro-bono/
As Rachel Cohen, who quit Spadden Arps b/c of this, said recently, Trump's doing this b/c his attys are losers, so he's rustling himself some winners.
A decade after legislation that put Britain at the forefront of the global fight against human trafficking, thousands of victims of modern slavery are being denied support because of a crackdown on illegal migration. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/11/world/politics/uk-immigration-policy-modern-slavery/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #uk #immigration #migration #forcedlabor #slavery #childlabor
‘Italian’ purees in UK supermarkets likely to contain Chinese forced-labour tomatoes
Uniqlo is facing calls for a consumer boycott in China after the CEO of the clothing company's owner said it does not source cotton from the country's Xinjiang region, which has faced allegations of forced labor in recent years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/11/29/companies/uniqlo-boycott-risk-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #retailers #uniqlo #clothing #forcedlabor #socialmedia #china #xinjiang
Volkswagen will exit its controversial plant in China's Xinjiang region, after years of investor pressure to abandon its presence in the area. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/11/27/companies/volkswagen-xinjiang-china-forced-labor/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #china #xinjiang #forcedlabor #volkswagen
Italian luxury brands rely on a chain of contractors and subcontractors, with checks on conditions and the treatment of workers virtually nonexistent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/09/19/migrant-made-in-italy-luxury-label/ #business #montblanc #italy #luxurygoods #laborlaws #migration #dior #giorgioarmani #alvieromartini #forcedlabor #unions
Indian solar panels face US scrutiny for possible links to China forced labour
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3276133/indian-solar-panels-face-us-scrutiny-possible-links-china-forced-labour?utm_source=rss_feed #Uygur #forcedLabor #india #china #polysilicon #SolarPanels
The registration of the Sado Island Gold Mines with UNESCO is thanks to Japanese and South Korean officials reaching an agreement to address the site's history of forced labor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/28/japan/politics/sado-mines-japan-south-korea-negotiations/ #japan #politics #sado #niigata #unesco #worldheritage #wwii #forcedlabor #southkoreajapanrelations #southkorea
A South Korean archaeologist who advises his country's delegation at the UNESCO World Heritage Committee said he will not oppose the designation of Japan's Sado mine as a heritage site if their history is fully explained to visitors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/27/japan/sado-gold-mine-korea-archaeologist/ #japan #sado #niigata #worldheritage #southkoreajapanrelations #southkorea #wwii #forcedlabor
South Korea will now accept the designation of gold mines on Japan's Sado Island, linked to forced labor, as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/26/japan/sado-gold-mines-world-heritage/ #japan #sado #niigata #worldheritage #southkoreajapanrelations #southkorea #wwii #forcedlabor
from blatant #HumanRights violations to #ChemicalExposure, there are still many who are apathetic toward these truths,” Roccanova said. “The continued #sales growth of #FastFashion giants like #Shein and #Temu are evidence of this.”
The “ad” takes aim at this #ConsumerApathy when the voiceover asks the increasingly sketched-out shoppers—who begin to catch onto the themes of #ForcedLabor and #quality issues—whether they’d stop buying from “Xiemu”
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on millions of shipments a day… simply by shipping something in a small box through the international mail,” Glas said. “The de minimis provision hurts the U.S. #TextileIndustry and our regional trade partners—devastating businesses that play by the rules and undermining all trade enforcement of #ForcedLabor and other #abuses,” she added.
“Don’t worry about it!” is the Xiemu ad’s refrain. But according to Glas, “We need to worry about it, and we need to close this #loophole now.”
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related to certain Chinese e-commerce companies that have been linked to #ForcedLabor in their supply chains,” said National Council of Textile Organizations (#NCTO) president and CEO #KimGlas.
NCTO, along with other industry trade groups and lawmakers, has long lobbied against fast-fashion players’ unbridled access to U.S. shoppers. They’ve “aggressively” employed the de minimis trade provision “to ship undervalued and largely uninspected products to the U.S. market,” Glas said.
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The United Nations has warned of a deeply institutionalized system of forced labor in North Korea, which in some cases could amount to the crime against humanity of enslavement. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/17/asia-pacific/un-forced-labor-north-korea/ #asiapacific #un #forcedlabor #northkorea #icc #crimesagainsthumanity
#White #WestVirginia #Couple Accused of #Targeting #Black #Children to #Adopt for #ForcedLabor, Keeping Them #LockedUp In #Shed, Are ‘the Least #Racist People Around’ #Claims #Relative
“We don’t even know how to spell the word ‘#racists'”
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WestVirginia #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Racism #WhiteSupremacy #BlackMastodon
Texas’ tradition of forced labor lives on
BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON, FRI., JUNE 14, 2024
https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2024-06-14/plantations-to-prison-farms-how-far-have-we-come/
An Italian subsidiary of French luxury giant LVMH that makes Dior-branded handbags has been placed under court administration over allegations that it had subcontracted work to Chinese-owned firms that mistreated workers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/06/11/companies/lvmh-italy-labor-exploitation/ #business #companies #china #italylvmh #forcedlabor #overwork #dior
A U.S. congressional investigation released Monday found that carmakers BMW, Jaguar Land Rover and Volkswagen had used components from a Chinese supplier banned in the United States over alleged forced labor ties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/21/us-forced-labor-automakers/ #business #bmw #jaguar #landrover #volkswagen #us #china #carmakers #uyghurs #xinjiang #forcedlabor
