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Modern Day Slavery

Modern Day Slavery. ….Following our conscience and doing what is right? . Slavery…. We learn about the Nazi Genocide where 11 million people died Over 20 million people died in the Transatlantic slave trade….but we don’t hear about them….why? .

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Modern Day Slavery

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  1. Modern Day Slavery ….Following our conscience and doing what is right?

  2. Slavery…. • We learn about the Nazi Genocide where 11 million people died • Over 20 million people died in the Transatlantic slave trade….but we don’t hear about them….why?

  3. - Humans are the second most trafficked "product" in the black market [internationally], surpassed only by drugs. • - According to the RCMP, 800 to 1200 people are trafficked in and through Canada every year.

  4. - 2200 men, women, and children, are trafficked into America from Canada every year. Canada is considered a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of prostitution and forced labour.

  5. - In Canada a girl can be sold for $15,000 and earn her owner over $40,000 a year.

  6. The official inductees of the 2010 Sweatshop Hall of Shame are: Abercrombie and Fitch,Gymboree, Hanes, Ikea, Kohl’s, LL Bean, Pier 1 Imports, PropperInternational and Walmart. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjpXR4ekXs8

  7. Sweatshop-Free Clothing Resources • Information • China Labor Watch — 212/247-2212, www.chinalaborwatch.org. • Clean Clothes Connection — 207/947-4203, www.cleanclothesconnection.org. • Green America's Responsible Shopper — www.responsibleshopper.org. • CorpWatch—www.corpwatch.org. • Fair Trade Federation —www.fairtradefederation.org. • LabourNet UK —www.laournet.net. • International Labor Rights Fund — 202/347-4100, www.laborrights.org. • Sweat Free Communities — 207/262-7277, www.lavendergreen.com. • UNITE HERE — 202/393-4373, www.unitehere.org. • United Students Against Sweatshops — 202/667-9328, www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org. • Workers' Rights Consortium — 202/387-4884, www.workersrights.org. • Sweatshop-Free Clothing Companies • Esperanza Threads — 800/397-0045, www.esperanzathreads.com. • Indigenous Designs — 707/571-7811, www.indigenousdesigns.com. • Just Garments —www.justgarments.net. • Justice Clothing — 207/941-9912, www.justiceclothing.com. • Maggie's Organics — 800/609-8593, www.organicclothes.com. • No Sweat Apparel/Bienstar International — 877/992-7827, www.nosweatapparel.com.

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