In China’s cotton-growing Xinjiang region, farmers have been hailing a bumper harvest this autumn. But much of the crop is under U.S. sanctions, and where it will end up is …
In China’s cotton-growing Xinjiang region, farmers have been hailing a bumper harvest this autumn. But much of the crop is under U.S. sanctions, and where it will end up is …
The Canadian Border Service Agency (CBSA) says it has intercepted a shipment from China on the grounds that the products were made using forced labour. The CBSA confirmed in an …
When Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced the Green New Deal (GND) to Congress in 2019, many within organised labour responded with deep scepticism. The GND was presented as a non-binding resolution …
The Department of Justice sued Uber on Wednesday, alleging the company charged wait-time fees to customers with physical disabilities. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of …
Many companies do not account for the emissions from their supply chains, which can be a significant majority of their contributions to greenhouse gases. For nearly 30 years, the pharmaceutical …
Corporate Accountability Lab (“CAL”) brought an action against The Hershey Company (“Hershey”) and The Rainforest Alliance Inc. (“Rainforest Alliance”) concerning their false and deceptive marketing representations of Hershey’s Rainforest Alliance …
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -The United States has barred imports from Malaysian glove maker Supermax Corp over alleged forced labour practices, the fourth Malaysian firm to face such a ban in …
The Migrant Workers Who Follow Climate Disasters
A growing group of laborers is trailing hurricanes and wildfires the way farmworkers follow crops, contracting for big disaster-recovery firms, and facing exploitation, injury, and death. “Bellaliz Gonzalez had never heard of …