Tag: forced labor

NEW VIDEO: CNN posts bonus video on CIW’s Modern-day Slavery Museum…

Just last month, the CNN Freedom Project -- an award-winning, cutting edge investigative team of journalists who produce remarkable stories on modern-day slavery worldwide, run by CNN International -- published three excellent videos on the CIW.  The first was a powerful report on the Fair Food Program and its deep, daily impact on workers' lives, with a particular focus on its record >> Read More

Buyer beware… or not…

A case of slavery, a buyer's silence, and the Fair Food Program... In our last post, we shared the news of last week's $3.5 million judgment against Reyes Tapia-Ortiz, a crewleader who was sued for, among other things, having "engaged in forced labor and related offenses by brandishing a gun, threatening to harm and deport workers for complaining about conditions and >> Read More