Representatives of trade unions, worker centers, and labor rights groups from seven countries will report on their efforts to organize workers in the supply chains of leading apparel brands and retailers, the illegal employer repression and retaliation that impedes these efforts, and how brands and retailers respond to such violations of their own codes of conduct.

In Honduras, defending your rights at work can cost you your life. This event will highlight how workers in Honduras are standing up to corporations that exploit, harm and impoverish people in the name of profit. We will examine U.S. policy, violence against worker rights activists, and the root causes of the current migration crisis. Meet Honduran trade unionist, Tomas Membreño, and learn how people in the U.S. can support Honduran workers who harvest the fruit that ends up on our supermarket shelves.

Please join a reception for partners and allies (former, current and hopefully future!) of the Cotton Campaign to celebrate its 10th Anniversary. The reception will take place on March 20, 2018, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the AFL-CIO central lobby at 815 16th St NW, Washington, DC. We hope to see you there to mark a decade of our advocacy work to end forced labor in the cotton fields of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.