Matt Fischer-Daly Cotton Campaign Coordinator International Labor Rights Forum 19 December 2013.

Slides:



Advertisements
Similar presentations
SMALL CHILDREN ARE BIG BUSINESS FOR FLORIDAS ECONOMY 2003: The Economic Impact of Child Care in Florida.
Advertisements

Cotton in Central Asia Curse or Foundation for Development? MAX SPOOR Institute of Social Studies Centre for the Study of Transition and Development The.
1 EFCA Employee Free Choice Act Prepared by H. Jacey Kaps & Brooke Guenot.
What’s it all about??? How do we compare? Selected Industrial Nations Public Sector Net Debt as a Percentage of GDP (2012)
Texas Women for the Arts Annual Meetings
China Population Policy Ariadna Rodriguez Barclay.
RECONSTRUCTION. THE BASICS – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RECONSTRUCTION What economic, social, and political reconstruction were The role of the Freedmen’s.
Chapter © 2010 South-Western, Cengage Learning Federal Income Tax Our Tax System Filing Tax Returns 7.
Purpose of Punishment. Learning Outcomes You will be able to explain the five purposes punishment You will be able to explain which of the five punishments.
Objective: Cover the development of Communism and Socialism.
Depression and a New Deal to 1932 Stock market crash fall 1929 Local private relief agencies overwhelmed, many disappeared Became clear public agencies.
2.3.9.G1 February 12, 2014 Getting Paid State Comparison Project TodayLast Class The Places You will Go! Notes Worksheet.
Is Your chocolate bar worth a child's life By: Hannah, Jayda and Emma.
Mao died in 1976 and Deng Xiaoping took over as the leader of China Deng brought about major social and economic changes to China Deng introduced elements.
Chapter 21.1: Employment Conditions & Benefit Laws Section 21.1 Health & Safety Fair Wages & Benefits Privacy.
1 Making Universal Health Care Work Jon Forman Alfred P. Murrah Professor of Law University of Oklahoma “The Future of Employer-Provided Benefits” John.
Texas Families First Task Force Meeting Presentation by Diane Rath Chair & Commissioner Representing the Public Texas Workforce Commission October 9, 2003.
Economic Effects of Child Care in New Mexico July 25, 2015 CENTER for EDUCATION POLICY RESEARCH.
Categories of law Civil-private wrong Criminal-public wrong.
Multinational Corporations To understand the benefits and drawbacks of being a multinational corporation.
Chapter © 2010 South-Western, Cengage Learning Federal Income Tax Our Tax System Filing Tax Returns 7.
China’s One Child Policy. One Child Policy It was created by Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in 1979 because China’s population growth was too high. It was.
Calculating the Dependency Ratio
Chinese Foreign Trade Law Jiaxiang Hu Professor of Law, School of Law, SJTU.
The Opening of America
'An Economic Time Bomb': The World's unemployed youth by Pavlina Kulish.
 Measure/insertion of young Roma aged , on Timisoara labor market;  The level of education of young Roma aged 15-25, and insertion on the labor.
Legal UNIT B HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 4.01 Summarize labor laws and regulations that affect employees and management.
Education in the United States during the Great Depression Jake Leibold August 22, 2010 ED513.
Your Library Card Shelbyville Public Library. Who Can Get A Library Card? Adult cards are available to everyone over 17. Young adults, 13 to 17 years,
Uncompetitive groups in labor market and employment support mechanisms Sona Harutyunyan Head of State Employment Service Agency, Armenia SESA www. employment.am.
Child Labor. Overview  [Child labor] is work that children should not be doing because they are too young to work, or – if they are old enough to work.
Family Policy The West European Cases. Outline Fertility crisis and tendency toward equality Fertility crisis and tendency toward equality Swedish model.
Economic Systems An economic system is the way in which decisions about what will be produced are made. There are three possible types of economic system:
Does this make economic sense?. 24 May 2010 George Osborne announced £6bn of budget cuts to this years’ budget.  Overnight local councils lost over £1bn.
1 Encouraging Appropriate Behavior Nurturing Parenting Section 4.4 GOAL: To assist parents in implementing an appropriate system of discipline.
Industrial Revolution
Alberta Home Visitation Network Association January 2007 Human Resources Crisis.
Section 1 The Economics of Government Spending Pork is a popular trend used by politicians to satisfy their constituents.Pork Taxpayers generally would.
The Great Depression Chapter 23 – Section 4 The Legacy of the New Deal.
Employment Standards Act:  All employees must be paid minimum wage  Exception: Training Wage ($6.00 for the first 500 hours work)  Employers must make.
Causes of WWII Treaty of Versailles Great Depression Rise of Dictators/Totalitarianism.
MAZIMBU AGRO ENTERPRISES
Industrial Revolution: Reforms. Labor Unions  By the 1800’s, working people became more active in politics  Workers joined voluntary labor associations.
UNIT #5 – PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT LESSON #4 – Taft Reforms ( )
Have you ever worked to earn some money? What jobs did you do for $? Did you feel that your pay was fair? Describe how you could have negotiated a higher.
Human Trafficking Cindy Escudero 5 th Period. About 800,000 people are trafficked across U.S borders each year 20 million children each year – primarily.
National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia The largest NGO in the Coffee WorldMission To improve the standard of living of more than 560,000 Colombian.
1 Key Finding #1: The Social Work Labor Force is Older Than The Overall Labor Force.
 Black Tuesday: October 29 th, 1929  Hoover tried to reform the economy but failed.  Attacked most countries › Rich › Poor.
Recap How does the government help to get young people back into work? Think of four ways. Include an explanation.
+ Start of the Industrial Revolution. + Coal The fuel of the Industrial Revolution Used to power steam engines Cheaper than other materials More efficient.
9.04 Analyze the factors that affect the rate of return on a given savings or investment plan and calculate the rate of return. H65 T
Information Security January What is Information Security?  Information Security is about the physical security of our equipment and networks as.
Revision Session 4 The Government & the economy. What is taxation?
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.
VIET NAM’S UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE POLICY CURRENT STATUS AND LESSONS LEARNED Mr. Le Quang Trung Deputy Director of Bureau of Employment Ministry of Labour.
How do clothing companies operate their business overseas? Would you like to work in this factory?
Youth employment policies, programmes and …. SMALL COUNTRY, BIG CHALLENGES UNEMPLOYMENT (2014):  Unemployment rate: 24.6 % in 2015 (Q4)  Activity rate.
RECONSTRUCTION. THE BASICS – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RECONSTRUCTION What economic, social, and political reconstruction were The role of the Freedmen’s.
Family and the Future of China One Birth Policy. Demographic Info 90% of China’s pop lives on just 1/5 th of the land. In 2012, the pop. Of China was.
IMPERIALISM - Effects AP World History.
China’s One-Child Policy
China’s One Child Policy
Enterprise Zone - Driving Growth
هجرة الشباب الدولية والتنمية الفرص والتحديات
Reminders Important Information Lights on After School Event
Total current marketplace and Medicaid enrollees* ages 19–64
Half of Young Adults Who Lost a Job with Health Benefits from November 2009 to November 2011 Became Uninsured Became uninsured 52% Adults ages 19–29 who.
UNEMPLOYMENT.
Presentation transcript:

Matt Fischer-Daly Cotton Campaign Coordinator International Labor Rights Forum 19 December 2013

Forced-labor system of production. State demands farmers ‘meet cotton production quota, or lose your land’

Systematic Forced Child Labor: Most 15-17, some as young as 11 Parents & students required to sign commitments that children pick cotton Pick cotton, Pay “fine”, or Expulsion from school

Forced Labor Adults Public & Private Sectors Penalties for refusal: loss of job, salary, benefits, tax fines

© Human Rights Watch, 2013 IMPRISONED UZBEK HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS

World Bank in Uzbekistan Rural Enterprise Support Project (RESP) II approved in 2008 Additional funding approved 2012 US$ 25.7 million to 317 agribusinesses Ignored state-sponsored forced labor of children & adults Inspection Panel Registered & Investigated Complaint

Feedback: Privacy Policy Feedback
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
About project: SlidePlayer Terms of Service

© 2024 SlidePlayer.com Inc. All rights reserved.