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3 results foundAuthor: Verité Title: Research on Indicators of Forced Labor in the Supply Chain of Coffee in Guatemala Summary: Verité carried out research on the presence of indicators of forced labor in the production of goods in seven countries from 2009 through 2011. Research was carried out on the production of shrimp in Bangladesh; Brazil-nuts, cattle, corn, and peanuts in Bolivia; sugar in the Dominican Republic; coffee in Guatemala; fish in Indonesia; rubber in Liberia; and tuna in the Philippines. The following report is based on research on the presence of indicators of forced labor in the Guatemalan coffee sector. This research was not intended to determine the existence or scale of forced labor in the countries and sectors under study, but rather to identify the presence of indicators of forced labor and factors that increased workers‟ vulnerability to labor exploitation. Objectives The primary objectives of the project were to: obtain background information on Guatemala (place, people, product, policies), and programs); create a methodology to study the presence of indicators of forced labor in the Guatemalan coffee sector; identify and document indicators of forced labor among workers in the coffee sector of Guatemala; document the broader working and living conditions that coffee sector workers experience; and determine the risk factors for vulnerability to forced labor and other forms of exploitation in the coffee sector. Details: Amherst, MA: Verite, 2012(?). 124p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 22, 2013 at: http://www.verite.org/sites/default/files/images/Research%20on%20Indicators%20of%20Forced%20Labor%20in%20the%20Guatemala%20Coffee%20Sector__9.16.pdf Year: 2012 Country: Guatemala URL: http://www.verite.org/sites/default/files/images/Research%20on%20Indicators%20of%20Forced%20Labor%20in%20the%20Guatemala%20Coffee%20Sector__9.16.pdf Shelf Number: 128089 Keywords: Coffee IndustryForced Labor (Guatemala)Human Rights AbusesSupply Chains |
Author: Danwatch Title: Bitter Coffee: Slavery-like Working Conditions and Deadly Pesticides on Brazilian Coffee Plantations Summary: Brazil’s coffee industry has serious problems with working conditions that are analogous to slavery, life- threatening pesticides and scarce protective equipment. Danwatch has confronted the world’s largest coffee companies with the facts of these violations. Jacobs Douwe Egberts admits that it is possible that coffee from plantations with poor labour conditions ended up in their products, and coffee giant Nestlé acknowledges having purchased coffee from two plantations where authorities freed workers from conditions analogous to slavery in 2015. Debt bondage, child labour, deadly pesticides, a lack of protective equipment, and workers without contracts. Danwatch has been on assignment in Brazil and can prove that coffee workers in the world’s largest coffee-growing nation work under conditions that contravene both Brazilian law and international conventions. Danwatch has confronted some of the world’s largest coffee companies with the facts surrounding these illegal working conditions. Two coffee giants admit that coffee from plantations where working conditions resembled slavery according to the Brazilian authorities may have ended up in their supply chains. Details: Copenhagen, Denmark: Danwatch, 2016. 54p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 13, 2017 at: https://www.danwatch.dk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Danwatch-Bitter-Coffee-MARCH-2016.pdf Year: 2016 Country: Brazil URL: https://www.danwatch.dk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Danwatch-Bitter-Coffee-MARCH-2016.pdf Shelf Number: 147292 Keywords: Child LaborCoffee IndustryDebt BondageModern Slavery |
Author: Danwatch Title: Bitter Coffee II -- Guatemala Summary: Guatemala grows some of the world's best coffee for quality-conscious consumers, but some of it is produced under conditions that contravene both international conventions and the country's own laws, according to the results of Danwatch's latest investigation into conditions among coffee workers. The investigation shows that illegal child labour and signs of forced labour are widespread. Furthermore, workers and union representatives who try to defend the rights of coffee workers risk not only being fired, but also threats and violence. Details: Copenhagen: Danwatch, 2016. 22p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 13, 2017 at: https://www.danwatch.dk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bitter-coffee-Guatemala-2016.pdf Year: 2016 Country: Guatemala URL: https://www.danwatch.dk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bitter-coffee-Guatemala-2016.pdf Shelf Number: 145768 Keywords: Child LaborCoffee IndustryForced Labor |