From US site of OneWorld.net:
| Anti-Slavery Award Winner 2007- The Coalition of Immokalee Workers Anti-Slavery International is delighted to announce that the winner of the 2007 Anti-Slavery Award is the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) for their exceptional contribution towards tackling modern-day slavery in the United States agricultural industry. The CIW is a worker-led community organisation based in Florida, which works with Mexican and Central American migrant workers trafficked into forced labour. They uncover and investigate cases of slavery whilst raising awareness of forced labour practises amongst the migrant farm worker community. Their determined efforts have resulted in the prosecution of six slavery cases in the past decade and the liberation of over a thousand workers held in debt bondage. The CIW also seeks to prevent forced labour within the industry and has successfully campaigned for corporate buyers to take responsibility for the conditions in their supply chain, leading to historic agreements with the largest fast-food corporations in the world. Anti-Slavery International instituted the Anti-Slavery Award in 1991 to draw attention to the continuing problem of slavery in the world today and to recognise the long-term, courageous campaigning by organisations or individuals in the countries affected. The Award offers the CIW a chance to gain international recognition for their work and to highlight the existence of slavery in developed countries in the year that we are commemorating 200 years since the abolition of the slave trade in Britain. The Award ceremony will take place on Wednesday 21 November 2007 at 7.30pm Trades Union Congress Congress House Great Russell Street London WC1B 3LS Nearest tube: Tottenham Court Road Everyone is welcome but attendance must be registered by calling +44 (0)20 7501 8936 or emailing g.wolfes@antislavery.org More information is available at www.antislavery.org www.antislavery.org/ (registered charity 1049160) |
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