On September 30, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced a ban on palm oil imported from FGV Holdings Berhad (FGV) — one of [...]
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Western Australia accepts our call to action to fight against forced labor
UPDATE April 2022: Big news! Australia finally ratifies the Forced Labour Protocol. We handed in 100,000+ Freedom United petition [...]
World Day Against Trafficking in Persons: Calling for an end to forced labor
UPDATE April 2022: Big news! Australia finally ratifies the Forced Labour Protocol. We handed in 100,000+ Freedom United petition [...]
Jayson’s story
Basahin sa Tagalog dito Campaign Summary: Thousands of temporary workers are being trafficked into forced labor in California under [...]
World Day for International Justice
On World Day for International Justice, the Freedom United community is seeking justice for victims and survivors of all forms of [...]
What happened to me should never happen to anyone else
Campaign Summary: Thousands of temporary workers are being trafficked into forced labor in California under threat of violence, [...]
Help protect farmworkers like me from modern slavery
Descargue este blog en español Campaign Summary: Thousands of temporary workers are being trafficked into forced labor in California [...]
Let’s remember that addressing racial discrimination is crucial to ending modern slavery
Modern slavery can affect people of any gender, age, ethnicity, or race. However today on International Day for the Elimination of [...]
Bangladesh film screening brings attention to labor issues in garment industry
On Thursday night, Freedom United supporters gathered in New York City for a screening of Rubaiyat Hossain’s new docudrama Made in [...]
France and Côte d’Ivoire make a strong commitment to ending forced labor
Freedom United gathers roundtable discussion in New York UN staff and NGO workers came together today for a lively roundtable [...]
Debunking common myths about human trafficking
It is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month and Freedom United is raising awareness this January by debunking some [...]
International Law on Forced Labor (C29)
International Labour Organization (ILO) Forced Labour Convention 29 (C29) was introduced in 2014 to update the outdated 1930 [...]