Category Archives: Real Cases
Original post by Lindsay Sullivan of SET Boutique on July 13, 2011 Image: scottchan / FreeDigitalPhotos.net I am a huge fan of cotton. I always have been. It reminds me of clean, crisp laundry on a breezy summer day. Unfortunately the reality is that cotton harvesting can be quite detrimental to the environment and to human rights. The use of pesticides is toxic for the soil, ground water, and the people who inhale it. Organic cotton eliminates pesticides, but cotton … Continue reading
Father’s Day is pretty low key at our house. It is tradition to do what Dad wants to do. This year my husband chose passing out t-shirts to homeless men in one of our local parks. Humility Now, a t-shirt company with the one for one purpose, sent us some “Love Your Neighbor” shirts, for our family to distribute. So Sunday, after church and lunch, we stopped by the park to hand them out. The first man we approached wasn’t … Continue reading
Do you have clothes made by Bangladesh garment workers? I know I do. Garments made in Bangladesh have a good chance of being made by exploited garment workers. Garments from Bangladesh have made the US Department of Labor’s list of 122 products made with forced and child labor. In addition, the Bangladesh garment workers that are getting paid, may be exploited. Any level of exploitation can lead to human trafficking and slavery. Earlier this year, Bangladeshi garment workers were making … Continue reading
Owners of Aloun Farms in Oahu, which is a major supplier of fruits and vegetables pled guilty to human trafficking. Alex and Mike Sou recruited Thai nationals, who mortgaged homes/land for $20,000 to travel to Hawaii to work Aloun Farms for a better income. Contracts stated that the workers make over $9 an hour. In the end, the workers didn’t make the promised wages. The workers lived in storage compartments behind locked fences on the farm. The employees passports and … Continue reading
