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Across the UK, police forces are spending millions annually on #modernslavery.
From London to the North, every region is bearing the financial cost. Money that could fund vital public services.
To break the cycle, we must treat this as the economic crime it is.
#PublicSpending #AntiSlaveryWeek
From London to the North, every region is bearing the financial cost. Money that could fund vital public services.
To break the cycle, we must treat this as the economic crime it is.
#PublicSpending #AntiSlaveryWeek
October 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Across the UK, police forces are spending millions annually on #modernslavery.
From London to the North, every region is bearing the financial cost. Money that could fund vital public services.
To break the cycle, we must treat this as the economic crime it is.
#PublicSpending #AntiSlaveryWeek
From London to the North, every region is bearing the financial cost. Money that could fund vital public services.
To break the cycle, we must treat this as the economic crime it is.
#PublicSpending #AntiSlaveryWeek
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In the lead up to Anti-Slavery Day, here are 5 books to read on modern slavery 📚💡
From fiction to investigative non-fiction, grow your knowledge and stay informed.
Ending slavery is all our responsibility.
#AntiSlaveryWeek
#ReadingList #BooksToRead
From fiction to investigative non-fiction, grow your knowledge and stay informed.
Ending slavery is all our responsibility.
#AntiSlaveryWeek
#ReadingList #BooksToRead
October 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
In the lead up to Anti-Slavery Day, here are 5 books to read on modern slavery 📚💡
From fiction to investigative non-fiction, grow your knowledge and stay informed.
Ending slavery is all our responsibility.
#AntiSlaveryWeek
#ReadingList #BooksToRead
From fiction to investigative non-fiction, grow your knowledge and stay informed.
Ending slavery is all our responsibility.
#AntiSlaveryWeek
#ReadingList #BooksToRead
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In France Shein was fined 40 MILLION euro for misleading customers. Meanwhile in the UK, when brands were investigated for greenwashing, they just got 'guidance'. 🫠 finance.yahoo.com/news/shein-f...
Shein faces record fine in France for misleading shoppers
France’s consumer watchdog has fined Shein €40m for using inflated reference prices to mislead shoppers about discounts.
finance.yahoo.com
July 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
In France Shein was fined 40 MILLION euro for misleading customers. Meanwhile in the UK, when brands were investigated for greenwashing, they just got 'guidance'. 🫠 finance.yahoo.com/news/shein-f...
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New report by Arisa shows excessive working hours, wage theft, poverty wages, and little to no access to social security benefits for Pakistani workers making clothes for Boohoo, NEXT, Primark and others!
arisa.nl/en/report-hi...
arisa.nl/en/report-hi...
Report highlights labour abuses in Pakistan's garment industry
Workers in Pakistan’s denim factories—supplying global fashion brands such as H&M, C&A, and Gap—are subjected to abusive working conditons
arisa.nl
July 1, 2025 at 10:51 AM
New report by Arisa shows excessive working hours, wage theft, poverty wages, and little to no access to social security benefits for Pakistani workers making clothes for Boohoo, NEXT, Primark and others!
arisa.nl/en/report-hi...
arisa.nl/en/report-hi...
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Our new analysis reveals a rising trend in lawsuits against companies for human rights abuses linked to renewable energy projects.
Explore the cases since 2009: the key sectors, communities affected, abuses alleged, and companies involved➡️ www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...
Explore the cases since 2009: the key sectors, communities affected, abuses alleged, and companies involved➡️ www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...
July 1, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Our new analysis reveals a rising trend in lawsuits against companies for human rights abuses linked to renewable energy projects.
Explore the cases since 2009: the key sectors, communities affected, abuses alleged, and companies involved➡️ www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...
Explore the cases since 2009: the key sectors, communities affected, abuses alleged, and companies involved➡️ www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...
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"I accept that having entered this country illegally, looking for work, that vulnerability was no doubt exploited by others."
BBC News reports on a Vietnamese national jailed for 3 years for cultivation of drugs, despite recognition of his exploitation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News reports on a Vietnamese national jailed for 3 years for cultivation of drugs, despite recognition of his exploitation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Illegal immigrant jailed for Brighouse cannabis farm
The set-up in Brighouse could have produced cannabis worth up to £1.4m, court hears.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"I accept that having entered this country illegally, looking for work, that vulnerability was no doubt exploited by others."
BBC News reports on a Vietnamese national jailed for 3 years for cultivation of drugs, despite recognition of his exploitation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News reports on a Vietnamese national jailed for 3 years for cultivation of drugs, despite recognition of his exploitation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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As G7 leaders convene to shape the future of work, Labour 7 is urging a bold economic paradigm shift. Their call: move beyond austerity and invest in quality jobs, social protection, and climate action. It's time to prioritize people and planet over profit. @equaltimes.bsky.social
As G7 leaders hold “a referendum on the future of work”, Labour 7 calls for an economic paradigm shift
Trade unions' proposal centres on abandoning austerity measures, and instead investing in the creation of quality jobs, social investment and economic resilience. As G7 finance ministers and central b...
www.ituc-csi.org
May 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
As G7 leaders convene to shape the future of work, Labour 7 is urging a bold economic paradigm shift. Their call: move beyond austerity and invest in quality jobs, social protection, and climate action. It's time to prioritize people and planet over profit. @equaltimes.bsky.social
The world's first industrial scale cotton and polyester recycling plant will be built in France: www.reuters.com/sustainabili... #CircularEconomy #Circ
Circ to build $500 million cotton, polyester recycling plant in France
U.S. textile recycling firm Circ has received backing from the French government and European Union to build a $500 million plant in France that will be the first to recover cotton and polyester on an industrial scale, its chief executive told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
May 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The world's first industrial scale cotton and polyester recycling plant will be built in France: www.reuters.com/sustainabili... #CircularEconomy #Circ