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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNestlé admits slavery and coercion used in catching its seafood
Impoverished migrant workers in Thailand are sold or lured by false promises and forced to catch and process fish that ends up in global food giant Nestlé SA's supply chains.
The unusual disclosure comes from Geneva-based Nestlé SA itself, which in an act of self-policing planned to announce the conclusions of its yearlong internal investigation on Monday. The study found virtually all U.S. and European companies buying seafood from Thailand are exposed to the same risks of abuse in their supply chains.
Nestlé SA, among the biggest food companies in the world, launched the investigation in December 2014, after reports from news outlets and nongovernmental organizations tied brutal and largely unregulated working conditions to their shrimp, prawns and Purina brand pet foods. Its findings echo those of The Associated Press in reports this year on slavery in the seafood industry that have resulted in the rescue of more than 2,000 fishermen.
Labourers from poor countries
The labourers come from Thailand's much poorer neighbours Myanmar and Cambodia. Brokers illegally charge them fees to get jobs, trapping them into working on fishing vessels and at ports, mills and seafood farms in Thailand to pay back more money than they can ever earn.
The unusual disclosure comes from Geneva-based Nestlé SA itself, which in an act of self-policing planned to announce the conclusions of its yearlong internal investigation on Monday. The study found virtually all U.S. and European companies buying seafood from Thailand are exposed to the same risks of abuse in their supply chains.
Nestlé SA, among the biggest food companies in the world, launched the investigation in December 2014, after reports from news outlets and nongovernmental organizations tied brutal and largely unregulated working conditions to their shrimp, prawns and Purina brand pet foods. Its findings echo those of The Associated Press in reports this year on slavery in the seafood industry that have resulted in the rescue of more than 2,000 fishermen.
Labourers from poor countries
The labourers come from Thailand's much poorer neighbours Myanmar and Cambodia. Brokers illegally charge them fees to get jobs, trapping them into working on fishing vessels and at ports, mills and seafood farms in Thailand to pay back more money than they can ever earn.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/nestle-seafood-thailand-1.3331127
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Nestlé admits slavery and coercion used in catching its seafood (Original Post)
icymist
Nov 2015
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Nestle's CEO has commented that global water supplies should be privatized and sold.
bulloney
Nov 2015
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Heidi
(58,237 posts)1. Kick, kick, kick!
bulloney
(4,113 posts)2. Nestle's CEO has commented that global water supplies should be privatized and sold.
So, this story about slavery doesn't surprise me.
LuvNewcastle
(16,846 posts)3. Is Thailand in the TPP?
Maybe when the TPP gets finalized, it won't be so bad there. For instance, instead of slavery, they'll have Jim Crow on the Thai boats. They might let the crew go to town once a month as long as they stay in designated areas.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)5. It is not.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_Partnership
Historically, the TPP is an expansion of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPSEP or P4), which was signed by Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, and Singapore in 2005. Beginning in 2008, additional countries joined the discussion for a broader agreement: Australia, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, the United States, and Vietnam, bringing the total number of participating countries in the negotiations to twelve.
polly7
(20,582 posts)4. K&R. nt.