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Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 17

StarKist Supply Chain Linked to Forced Labor on Taiwan Fishing Boats, Report Finds

Updated

Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 17

StarKist Supply Chain Linked to Forced Labor on Taiwan Fishing Boats, Report Finds

1 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 17

Global Labor Justice said StarKist’s tuna supply chain partly relies on forced labor on Taiwan-flagged fishing boats that supply the U.S. brand.
Workers on those vessels alleged involuntary labor and other abuses, making the fishing fleet the report’s central evidence for the supply-chain finding.
The report puts labor conditions in seafood sourcing back under scrutiny, extending concern from individual boats to the procurement practices of a major U.S. tuna seller.

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How can major seafood brands guarantee their canned tuna isn't tainted by forced labor when abuses happen thousands of miles from shore?

Could hidden labor abuses in the global tuna supply chain lead to massive trade sanctions against major international seafood suppliers?

Will explosive new allegations of forced labor finally force the secretive distant-water fishing industry to adopt mandatory electronic monitoring?

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