Sentences with phrase «eliminate forced labor»

The beverage giant is working with the U.S. State Department to develop a blockchain ledger designed to help eliminate forced labor across the globe.

Her latest project is YESS: Yarn Ethically & Sustainably Sourced, which aims to eliminate forced labor from cotton sourcing globally.

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With such obstacles minimized or eliminated, people can stay in the workforce longer, with better - educated workers having an increased likelihood of staying in the labor force, past the traditional retiring age.

Paterson quickly signed five pieces of legislation on his first day in office: to add the New York State Department of Labor to the New York City Transit Track Safety Task Force; to eliminate a law that discouraged employers from holding blood drives; to change the way in which members are appointed to a state health and research board; to restore eligibility caps to certain senior employment programs; and to grant tax exemptions to several local development corporations in New York State.

«The 2008 crash decimated our local new - construction infrastructure by eliminating many builders and dispersing our labor force to warmer climates,» says De Souza.