A Rajasthani mining site. Photo by Mahitosh Bagoria/Courtesy of HEDCON (Health, Environment, and Development Consortium)
Last month, the Department of Labor added Indian sandstone to its watchlist of products potentially derived from child labor, partly as a result of reporting by the American Bar Association Center for Human Rights. The Center’s latest report, Tainted Stones: Bonded Labor and Child Labor in the India-U.S. Sandstone Supply Chain finds that the industry employs nearly three million workers but is marred by the persistence of bonded labor, intergenerational bonded labor, and child labor. Sandstone is a commonly used stone for paving and construction likely you’ve seen some form of it in a large office lobby or outdoor installation.
Prawit sets bar high for TIP report
Wants country put on US Tier 1 list
published : 17 Dec 2020 at 04:00
Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon, who heads the government s fight against human trafficking, has set his sights on Thailand being upgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 1 in the US Trafficking in Persons Report in the coming year.
The report, or TIP Report, is an annual assessment issued by the US State Department s Office to monitor and combat trafficking. It ranks governments based on their efforts to fight human trafficking.
The report divides nations into tiers based on their compliance with standards outlined in the US Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) 2000.
LAST week, Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M Saravanan revealed a statistic that he said was “very worrying” some 91.1% or 1.4 million foreign workers in the country are provided with accommodation that does not comply with the provisions in the Workers’ Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act 1990 (Act 446).
Simply put, nine out of 10 foreign workers in Malaysia are housed in quarters that do not meet the minimum standards of living set out under the Act. Videos circulating on social media depicting overcrowded living quarters and unsanitary conditions seem to substantiate the statistic.
But for those who have long advocated for the fair treatment of foreign workers, Saravanan’s statement hardly comes as a surprise.
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