How to Combat Forced Labour and Trafficking. Best practices manual for trade unions
- Document number
- 2375
- Date
- 2010
- Title
- How to Combat Forced Labour and Trafficking. Best practices manual for trade unions
- Author/publisher
- International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Guidelines/Recommendations, Training Material/Resources,
- Keywords
- Human trafficking, Slave Labour, Sexual Exploitation, Begging, Slavery, Servitude, Forced Labour, Removal of organs, Debt bondage, Trafficking forms, Smuggling, Labour exploitation, Domestic labour, Slavery-like practices; Agricultural labour;
- Summary
The publication, “How to Combat Forced Labour and Trafficking”, gives examples of some of the most prevalent and severe forms of the practice, ranging from bonded labour in Nepal, child trafficking in West Africa, severe exploitation of farm workers in Italy through to organising indigenous workers in the wood industry in Peru to free them from forced labour. It points to the hidden and isolated nature of the work done by those affected, and the ease with which many of those responsible are able to get avoid detection and prosecution. It also highlights the situation of many domestic workers in particular, showing how trade unions can help to protect them through lobbying, advocacy and awareness raising and campaigning, and by offering services and assistance and organising domestic workers into trade unions.
A “world forced-labour map” produced with the report shows the state of ratification of ILO Conventions 29 and 105 on forced labour, explains the most prevalent issues per region and highlights some of the trade union activities already undertaken to fight forced labour. The Global Trade Union Alliance, which is hosted by the ITUC, also provides quarterly updates on trade union activities on the issue through a newsletter which is available to those who sign up to receive it.
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