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Forced Labor

Forced Labor. A Project Stay Gold Presentation. Definition. Forced labor is employment in which the victim is forced to provide their services through coercion, punishment, or some kind of mental, physical., or economic power over the employee. What is it really?.

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Forced Labor

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  1. Forced Labor A Project Stay Gold Presentation

  2. Definition Forced labor is employment in which the victim is forced to provide their services through coercion, punishment, or some kind of mental, physical., or economic power over the employee.

  3. What is it really? • Often little or no pay to the victim (economic) • Physical harm, coercion, blackmail, etc. • Mental power over someone • Family, Friends, relationship etc. • Forced Labor can include • Migrant workers • Domestic slaves • Bonded labor

  4. http://www.free2work.org/

  5. Migrant Workers • Workers that move from place to place for work • Within country • Between countries • Lack of understanding of personal rights • Less pay because they are unaware of their situations • Language barrier • Threat of deportation

  6. Bonded Labor • Deals with debt or bond needing to be paid back to trafficker • Trafficker uses labor for them to “pay off their debt” • Debt is often handed down for generations • Conditions of bond are unclear or continue to change • Results in tricking or trapping of the victim • Little or no pay is provided to victim • Money is going to “paying back debt” • Offered housing by traffickers and are obligated to take it • Traffickers use it to their advantage to control victims further

  7. Domestic Slavery • Work that is in the home • Personal slaves • Often brought from another country or a different area of the country with • Promise of a better education or a job opportunity. • Take their visas and threaten with deportation if they don’t comply • Threat of deportation or threats against their families • They become maids, servants, housekeepers, and nanny’s for little or no pay • Often they are beaten or sexually abused if their work is not satisfactory. • Hard to identify and prosecute • Occurs inside a private household • Victims often feel excluded from fair labor laws that would normally apply

  8. Prevalent Industries • Agriculture • Fishing  • Domestic work • Construction, mining, quarrying and brick kilns  • Manufacturing • Processing and packaging • Prostitution and sexual exploitation • Market trading and illegal activities

  9. Statistics • United Nations International Labor Organization • State imposed: 2.2 million • Government sponsored • Prisons/labor camps • Personal Exploitation: 14.2 million • Migrant Workers • Bonded Labors • Domestic Slavery http://filipspagnoli.wordpress.com/stats-on-human-rights/statistics-on-labor-conditions/statistics-on-forced-labor/

  10. What We Can Do???? • Raise awareness for traffick free companies • Hold event for traffick free products/clothing • Stop Big Companies from using trafficking • Petitions • Protesting • Any other ideas? https://docs.google.com/a/apps.tcnj.edu/document/d/1ohuetXiiuaP6WBzMyB1eI1CKMiBTJHaEF0RZlXL-hfE/edit

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