Uniqlo risks boycott in China after CEO’s Xinjiang comment
Beijing – Casual wear giant Uniqlo is facing calls for a consumer boycott in China after the CEO of the clothing company’s owner said it does not source cotton from …
Forced labor
South Korea to accept Sado Gold Mines as World Heritage site
Seoul – South Korea is now going to accept designation of forced labor-linked gold mines on Japan’s Sado Island as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site, a senior official of …
Prisoners fight against working in heat on former slave plantation, raising hope for change in South
Beneath the blazing summer sun on a former slave plantation, Lamont Gross and fellow prisoners stooped in long rows, picking vegetables by hand under the watchful eyes of armed guards …
As temperatures soar, judge tells Louisiana to help protect prisoners working in fields
Amid blistering summer temperatures, a federal judge ordered Louisiana to take steps to protect the health and safety of incarcerated workers toiling in the fields of a former slave plantation, …
US prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed?
PHOENIX — Blas Sanchez was nearing the end of a 20-year stretch in an Arizona prison when he was leased out to work at Hickman’s Family Farms, which sells eggs …
Takeaways from the AP’s investigation into how US prisoners are hurt or killed on the job
A sweeping Associated Press investigation into prison labor in the United States found that prisoners who are hurt or killed on the job are often being denied the rights and …