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Human Trafficking
Modern Abolitionists at the U.S. State Department The U.S. government says some 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders each year and millions more are trafficked within their own countries to be indentured servants, farm laborers or worse. There is help for them now, in what the New York Times has called “one of the most effective units in the U.S. government.”
Three African countries –- Democratic Republic of the Congo, Togo and Uganda –- will receive $16 million from the United States for projects to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. The grants, announced October 1 by Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, will be used to provide basic education and training and to collect reliable data on child labor. Part of a larger $54 million in worldwide grants from the U.S. Department of Labor, they “continue our efforts to eliminate abusive child labor practices around the world,” Chao says.
Elaine L. Chao is the Nation’s 24th Secretary of Labor and the first Asian American woman appointed to a President's cabinet in U.S. history. Arriving at the age of eight from Asia speaking no English, Secretary Chao's experience transitioning to a new country inspired her to dedicate most of her professional life to ensuring that workers have access to opportunity and the chance to build better lives. There are great people in the US government today - Elaine Chao is an amazing force. MORE
These are excerpts of serious US Government sponsored reports on human trafficking that are going on today!
http://gvnet.com/human trafficking/Kenya-2.htm
http://gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Zimbabwe.htm
UGANDA
Ugandan trade unions have brought to light de-humanising work conditions imposed by foreign investors in some of the country’s workplaces. The worst of the abusive practices were by small businesses. Dr Sam Lyomoki, COTFU’s General Secretary and a member of the Uganda Parliament, presented a petition to the President that outlined general shortcomings in pay and work conditions, failure to remit income tax and social security deductions to the government.
But the biggest shock came when labor leaders told of denigrating practices imposed by bosses on workers. Specific incidents were cited. One involved a small-business owner who forced an employee to mop an office floor with her tongue. Another boss in a food and detergent manufacturing plant locked a female worker in a toilet in retaliation for her using the toilet before a scheduled break.
Reports said Museveni was visibly shaken upon hearing such accounts.
