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Assessing the True Cost of Shrimp

Posted in Consumer Info, Publications, Shrimp Processing, tagged , , , , , , on June 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Interview with the Solidarity Center’s Ellie Larson and Tim Ryan
In the $13 billion global shrimp processing industry, workers pay the price for consumer affordability.
The True Cost of Shrimp, a new report from the Solidarity Center, uncovers pervasive worker and human rights abuses such as low-wage sweatshop conditions, use of child and forced labor, and global [...]

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CNN Video on Alleged Worker Abuse

Posted in Consumer Info, Shrimp Processing, Video, tagged , , , , on April 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

CNN’s Zain Verjee on the Solidarity Center’s 3-year labor investigation report suggesting Thai and Bangladeshi shrimp often come from factories that abuse workers. Includes Thai police video footage of raid on shrimp processing plant and interviews with Solidarity Center director, U.S. State Department rep, and Thai and Bangladeshi ambassadors. Time: 3min 44sec. (photo from Solidarity [...]

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Senator Landrieu Urges Embargo of Imported Shrimp

Posted in Consumer Info, Shrimp Processing, tagged , , , , , , , on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

WASHINGTON — United States Senator Mary Landrieu, D-La., today sent a letter to President Bush urging him to immediately embargo imports of processed shrimp from Thailand and Bangladesh. Her concern is based on new claims that shrimp industry workers in Southeast Asia suffer gross labor abuses and unsanitary conditions that could jeopardize the health of [...]

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The True Cost of Shrimp

Posted in Publications, Shrimp Processing, tagged , , , , , , , on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

In the $13 billion seafood processing industry, workers pay the price for consumer affordability. This report, from the Solidarity Center’s ‘Degradation of Work’ series, uncovers pervasive worker and human rights abuses in the shrimp processing industry in Thailand and Bangladesh, such as low-wage sweatshop conditions, use of child and forced labor, and global supply chains [...]

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