This came amid serious #allegations — including a #FormalComplaint by 42 #women in #Argentina who said #OpusDei coerced them into #unpaid #domestic #servitude ( #slavery) — which led Argentine #prosecutors to accuse the group, Opus Dei, of #humantrafficking and #LaborAbuses.

‘No excuse for poverty pay’: NGOs call out mining companies during DRC Mining Week 2025 New field interviews and research on the Kolwezi living wage reveal that copper-cobalt mine workers remain trapped in poverty.

New research by UK corporate watchdog RAID and Kolwezi-based Centre d’Aide Juridico-Judiciaire (CAJJ) reveals ongoing #laborabuses in #DRC #mines as demand for #criticalminerals surges with the green energy transition. raid-uk.org/drc-kolwezi-...

The Labor Abuses Behind Your Chicken Nuggets In the late 20th century, the Chicken McNugget became an icon of fast-food cost efficiency. The peculiar cuisine’s history is one of fascinating technological innovation as well as brutal labor exploi...

The #LaborAbuses Behind Your #Chicken Nuggets
"In the late 20th c, the #ChickenMcNugget became an icon of #FastFood cost efficiency. The peculiar #cuisine’s #history is one of fascinating #technological innovation as well as brutal #labor #exploitation."
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#McDonald

Sex-for-Work Allegations Hang Over Tycoons’ Rubber Plantations Hubert Fabri and Vincent Bolloré own plantations accused of land appropriation and labor abuses. Their company says it has taken steps to improve matters, but a trip to West Africa shows sexual coerci...

Hubert Fabri and Vincent Bolloré own plantations that have faced allegations of #landappropriation and #laborabuses. While their company claims to have implemented reforms, a recent trip to West Africa reveals that reports of #sexualcoercion remain widespread. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

‘Losing hope with every day that passes’: torment of the ships’ crews abandoned at sea Thousands of seafarers are left on board their vessels in foreign waters, unpaid, with scant supplies – and no way of getting home

No one should be imprisoned this way. That crews are left responsible for their employers' debts and ships is appalling.
#abandonedatsea #shipping #seaports #labortrafficking #seafarers #modernslavery #oceans #abandonedships #laborabuses #humantrafficking #shippingindustry