Posts by Legal Director

Op-ed: Fighting forced labor across tuna supply chains: Progress requires companies to work with fishers’ unions

On 12 March, four Indonesian fishers filed a lawsuit against Bumble Bee detailing egregious allegations of forced labor and abuse of workers on vessels that supply albacore to the U.S. market. The complaint details the harrowing stories of the men who left their villages to work on distant-water longline fishing vessels, based on promises of good jobs to provide for their families.