by Free the Slaves | Mar 25, 2011 | FTS Updates
On March 21, Free The Slaves wrote a letter of support to Californian Senator Ellen M. Corbett, applauding her introduction of bill SB 861. A landmark piece of legislation, SB 861 prevents publicly traded companies from obtaining procurement contracts with the...
by Free the Slaves | Mar 15, 2011 | FTS Updates
Verite, a consultation firm specializing in helping businesses analyze their supply chains to ensure good labor practices, recently featured Free the Slaves on their website. Verite.org is a great place to start learning how the products we consume every day could be...
by Free the Slaves | Jan 21, 2011 | Slavery in the News
CHILD SLAVERY DOCUMENTARY ‘NOT MY LIFE’ PREMIERS IN NEW YORK Earlier this week Not My Life, a documentary on child slavery and exploitation, premiered at Alice Tully Hall at the Lincoln Center in New York. In an interview with UNICEF (a sponsor of the...
by Free the Slaves | Jan 7, 2011 | FTS Updates
Last week, Free the Slaves was among 17 organizations that co-signed a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, urging her to make the eradication of slavery and human rights abuses in Congo a U.S. government priority. Read Free the Slaves Director of Programs...
by Free the Slaves | Oct 28, 2010 | Congo, FTS Updates
Minerals that come from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo turn up in electronics, in light bulbs, batteries and other everyday items. It would be hard to escape our connection to these items, and through them, our connection to slavery and conflict in...
