by Free the Slaves | Jan 24, 2011 | Slavery in the News
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) put out a press release saying the “new frontier” in labor trafficking will be employment discrimination laws. In their book on slavery in the U.S., The Slave Next Door, Ron Soodalter and FTS...
by Free the Slaves | Nov 19, 2010 | Slavery in the News
A great article on modern slavery in the U.S. came out this week on The Prisma website. Written by Carolina Cositore, the piece sites Free the Slaves (thanks for the shout out!), and refers to the book The Slave Next Door written by FTS President Kevin Bales and...
by Free the Slaves | Oct 12, 2010 | Slavery in the News
We recently reported on the first ever permanent museum exhibit on modern slavery. The exhibition is at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. And Free the Slaves is proud to say we are part of this groundbreaking show. Along with a...
by Free the Slaves | Oct 1, 2010 | FTS Updates
U.S. Anti Trafficking Ambassador Luis CdeBaca gave an eloquent speech on modern slavery yesterday, at a special symposium titled “Slavery: Through the Eyes of George Washington”, hosted by Free the Slaves, Black Women United for Action and Mount Vernon...
by Free the Slaves | Aug 22, 2010 | Slavery in the News
Ron Soodalter, co-author (with Free the Slaves President Kevin Bales) of The Slave Next Door has posted a piece on Huffington Post, calling for support of the California Transparency in Supply Chains act. This bill would require California companies that make over...
