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The True Cost of Shrimp


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The True Cost of Shrimp

In the $13 billion seafood processing industry, workers pay the price for consumer affordability. This report, from our Degradation of Work series, uncovers pervasive worker and human rights abuses such as low-wage sweatshop conditions, use of child and forced labor, and global supply chains that drive wages down and hide the exploitation of workers.

Read an interview with senior Solidarity Center staff about the implications for workers and consumers.

   News and Updates

Please Help Burmese Workers

Official estimates record 30,000 people dead and up to 40,000 missing in a tropical cyclone that struck Burma on Friday, May 2. Solidarity Center partners on the ground are ready and able to provide aid with your donation. Read more

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African Unions Prevent Zimbabwean Bloodshed

In a defining moment of courage and solidarity, South African dockworkers saved untold lives by refusing to unload a Chinese cargo ship packed with weapons and ammunition destined for strife-torn Zimbabwe. Read more

 
 Labor Around the World: Images of Workers by Workers

Photos of workers around the world, in urban and rural settings, formal and informal work environments, blue- and white-collar jobs, link the work of our brothers and sisters in other countries to our own work here at home and remind us that we are all part of the global economy. Click here to view a slide show

 

Update...

Unions around the world shocked by arrest of Zimbabwe union leaders for May Day speeches. Read more

Somali journalists union receives special democracy award at World Movement for Democracy Congress. Read more

AFL-CIO, Guatemalan unions file first-of-its-kind complaint for worker rights violations. Read more

Iranian labor leader Mahmoud Salehi freed after a year in prison.
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"Shock and sorrow" at shooting of Iraqi journalists union leader. Read more

Unionists in Pakistan speculate on what U.S. elections will mean for democracy in their country. Read more

Breakthrough meetings in Sri Lanka may lead to protections for migrant workers in Bahrain. Read more

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