Sentences with phrase «of labor trafficking»

Interns will support legal work being done on behalf of immigrant victims of labor trafficking.

With unique access to a «hidden population» from one of America's largest Spanish - speaking immigrant destinations, a recent study finds that more than 30 % of undocumented migrant laborers in this area are victims of labor trafficking and 55 % are victims of other labor abuses.

DA's Office confirms family members will likely be charged with labor trafficking in addition to abuse A Ramapo family whose matriarch recently was convicted of labor trafficking charges is accused of more of the same.

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Our old professor was a bit more upset about it, though, partly because the college milks those guys more than a Libyan trafficking gang (albeit the access to the labor market is a lot better at the end of the process).

According to the International Labour Organization, there are 20.9 million victims of human trafficking worldwide who are exploited for labor and sexual slavery.

After a summer of low gas prices, the price at the pump looks set to soar above $ 2.50 on average for the Labor Day holiday, as supplies of products and low pipeline traffic limit access.

The company aims to increase digital ordering and its base of app users, driving a lot of traffic without imposing a significant labor burden on staff, Li explained.

The U.N. agencies warn that these children face a number of threats including exploitation, trafficking, early marriage and illegal child labor.

Domestic workers face a wide range of serious abuses and labor exploitation, including excessive working hours without rest, non-payment of wages, forced confinement, physical and sexual abuse, forced labor, and trafficking.

«Motivated in large part by their religious traditions of protecting the vulnerable and serving «the least of these,» as Jesus instructed his followers to do in the Gospel of Matthew,» writes Eric Marrapodi, «World Relief and other Christian agencies like the Salvation Army are stepping up efforts and working with law enforcement to stem the flow of human trafficking, which includes sex trafficking and labor trafficking.»

The marijuana was then trafficked to the U.S., where it was purchased and consumed by people who may not have been aware (or even cared) that their cheap high was the result of a system involving slave labor.

There are upwards of 27 million people trapped in slavery today, and an estimated 100,000 children are in the sex trade in the U.S., as well as countless others trafficked into the country for forced labor.

While munching on a piece of chocolate, I can not help but think about how the cocoa industry has completely tainted these delicious little morsels with labor trafficking.

Global poverty, sex trafficking, slavery, unfair wages, child labor, environmental exploitation — I'm proud to see and support Christians confronting these injustices and more, as an expression of our faith and calling.

Among them are children, who are often victims of trafficking and forced labor.

One definition states that human trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, harboring or receipt of people for the purposes of slavery, forced labor (including bonded labor or debt bondage) and servitude.

The conditions that make human trafficking possible and profitable arise not just in the poor countries that supply slaves but wherever the demand for unprotected labor is outmatched only by the wealth and greed of those who pay for it.

He labored for the advancement of trade and commerce into the inland of Africa, elevation and humanization of the natives and the abolition of slave trafficking.

A trial of «traffic - light» food labels was recommended by a respected former Labor health minister, Neal Blewett, officially appointed to head an inquiry into the matter after years of government prevarication.

Within OCFT, Ms. Sasser has also served as Division Chief of Research and Policy, coordinator on combating trafficking in persons, coordinator for Executive Order 13126 list of products made with forced or indentured child labor, and project manager for technical assistance programming in South East Asia.

To ensure our purchases do not contribute to deforestation, loss of biodiversity or social issues such as forced and child labor and human trafficking, Kraft Heinz seeks to procure palm oil products in an ethical, transparent, responsible and sustainable manner.

The self - order kiosks allow restaurants to allocate more labor to concentrate on superior food preparation, deliver a 20 - 30 % increase in revenue, help avoid crowds and long waits at traditional POS systems during peak traffic periods, and rate high on customer satisfaction for ease of use.

We held these soup truths to be self - evident: Summertime is no time for a bowl of hot, steaming ramen, and cold soups (lumpy gazpacho, thick, beige vichyssoise) are about as fun as Labor Day weekend traffic.

I live 45 miles away from my friend so I was REALLY hoping she'd go into labor in the middle of the night so I could drive down to her without the fear of being stuck in traffic.

Even though going into labor meant I would need to cross the busiest land border in the world while in labor, possibly being stuck in traffic for hours (on top of the already far drive).

If you live in a fairly traffic - ridden city and go into quick labor during rush hour traffic, or if you're simply scared of that possibility, you can always choose home birth.

A day after being collared in Mexico on charges of sex trafficking and forced labor, NXIVM leader Keith Raniere appeared before a judge in Fort Worth, TX, where he was told he could have his future preliminary and detention hearings in the Eastern District of New York.

Days after Nxivm leader Keith Raniere was arrested for sex trafficking and forced labor last week, the feds scoured a Halfmoon townhouse known as «The Library,» where Raniere is accused of abusing at least one of his victims — a 30 - something Brooklyn actress.

At 11 a.m., the Assembly Committees on Social Services, Codes and Labor and the Puerto Rican / Hispanic Task Force hold a joint oversight hearing on services for victims of human trafficking, Legislative Office Building, Roosevelt Hearing Room C, Albany.

Also Wednesday, the council greenlighted legislation requiring used car dealers to disclose details about a vehicle's recall history, regulating commercial bicyclists, studying the feasibility of allowing pedestrians to cross in any direction while vehicle traffic is stopped, and extending a prior legal limit on the conversion of hotels into non-hotel use — a bill backed by the city's hotel worker labor union.

Evidence in the case against alleged sex cult leader Keith Raniere and his accused sidekick, «Smallville» actress Allison Mack, will include not only victims of sex trafficking and forced labor...

Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito today asserted that proposed legislation to limit the number of new app - hail cars on the road is based on concerns over traffic congestion, pollution and labor standards — not the plummeting value of the city's once - coveted taxi medallions.

Days after Nxivm leader Keith Raniere was arrested for sex trafficking and forced labor last week, the feds scoured a Halfmoon townhouse known as «The Library,» where Raniere is accused of abusing at least one of his victims — a 30 - something Brooklyn actress, the Albany Times Union reports.

Evidence of human trafficking and child slave labor have been found in the supply chain, according to a 2010 investigation by BBC Panorama reporter Paul Kenyon.

«Labor trafficking and other forms of gross exploitation are happening in the U.S. and always to those who have the least,» the researchers concluded.

Stein Mart's Vendor Code of Conduct requires our vendor partners to refrain from the direct or indirect use of forced labor or human trafficking.

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It's time it went the way of dog fighting, trafficking in illegal drugs, slavery, prostitution, child labor, dumping of pollutants onto land or waterways and other sordid practices.

Green Globe Certification associate, the International Tourism Partnership (ITP), has produced a guide to help hoteliers understand human trafficking and forced labor — what it is, how it may affect them and what actions they can take to reduce the risk of trafficking in their businesses.

A few days after the gallery opened, visitor traffic had slowed to a pleasant trickle, laying bare another type of cultural labor.

Human trafficking involves the use of force, coercion, or fraud to induce an individual into performing a commercial sex act (sex trafficking), or to subject them to involuntary servitude, debt bondage, or slavery (labor trafficking).

Embracing the idea of strong messages to generate action from viewers, they addressed topics such as cyberbullying, child trafficking and child labor, and Alzheimer's disease in their poster designs.

Cronin gathered hundreds of articles of women's and girls» clothing from around the world to represent three specific tragedies: brightly - colored saris symbolize two Indian girls who were kidnapped, gang - raped, and lynched from a tree at the edge of their village; hijabs signify 276 Nigerian Chibok schoolgirls who were kidnapped by the terrorist group Boko Haram in 2014 — over 200 of whom still remain missing; and gray and white aprons & uniforms symbolize those worn by «fallen women,» in forced labor at the Magdalene Asylums and Laundries in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Europe, and the U.S. Moving from the marble alters and sacred architecture of Venice's sixteenth - century Chiesa di San Gallo to the secular gallery context of FLAG, Cronin will present the same three fabric sculptures, here piled on top of their shipping crates to now address human trafficking as well as human rights issues.

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Ratha, et al v Phatthana Seafood Co.: Mr. Leopold is part of a Cohen Milstein's Human Rights team representing seven Cambodian plaintiffs who, after being promised well - paying jobs, became victims of human trafficking, forced labor, involuntary servitude, and peonage by factories in Thailand producing shrimp and seafood for export to the United States.

In fact, 2016 is expected to be one of the deadliest Labor Day weekend in years due to a higher than average rate of fatal traffic accidents during the first six months of this year.

Your gift will empower courageous survivors of sex and labor trafficking to seek justice.

Late summer is typically a time of increased motorcycle traffic, culminating with the Labor Day weekend.