Date:
Monday, March 7, 2016 - 10:00am to Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 1:21am
Location:
Room 212, Boston Convention Center
Vulnerable populations are manning fishing vessels around the world in precarious working situations. This panel brings together experts on labor migration, worker exploitation and human rights abuses to explore the human side of seafood sustainability and identify efforts currently taking place to improve working conditions in seafood supply chains. The event will be a constructive discussion with participants about how industry leaders can join with worker organizations to promote just and decent work within all sectors of the seafood industry.
Speakers:
- Kirill Buketov, Fisheries Campaign Coordinator, International Union of Food and Allied Workers´ Associations (IUF)
- National Guestworkers Alliance, seafood worker leader (TBD)
- Alex Feltham, Senior Program Officer, Asia, Solidarity Center
- Tom Pickerell, Technical Director, SeaFish
Moderated by: Abby McGill, Campaigns Director, International Labor Rights Forum
Speakers will share case studies and experiences surrounding:
- Root causes behind poor working conditions in seafood supply chains
- How initiatives led jointly by employers and worker representatives to address precarious working conditions have succeeded on land and sea
- The importance of direct worker engagement in establishing long-term solutions to address forced labor
- Steps companies can take to encourage suppliers to reduce human trafficking
We hope to see you there! Please RSVP today.
Event organized by : Humanity United, The Freedom Fund, ILRF