Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Calls mount for boycott of Thai shrimp imports after slave labour report...

US politicians and human rights groups have called for a boycott of fish and shrimp products linked to slave labour in Thailand following a report from the Associated Press.

The report found that shrimp producers in Thailand forced labourers to work 16-hour days for little or no pay.

The shrimp is found in products sold in the US, Europe and Asia.

AP said it had tracked shrimp produced under these conditions through to products sold by major retailers.

The news agency reported that many workers could end up being tricked or sold into factories where they were forced to work 16-hour days with no time off and little or no pay.

Some workers have been trapped for years at a time and even locked inside factories. Full story...

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