AP report on slave-peeled shrimp spurs calls for boycott
Source: Associated Press
AP report on slave-peeled shrimp spurs calls for boycott
Associated Press
Published: December 14, 2015
NEW YORK (AP) U.S. officials and human rights activists called on Americans to stop buying fish and shrimp tied to supply chains in Thailand, where The Associated Press has found slaves are forced to work in the seafood industry.
"All of us may find ourselves eating a slave made product without knowing it, but once we know it, we all have a moral obligation, I believe, to make a personal decision to boycott it," said New Jersey Republican Congressman Chris Smith, a member of the House Foreign Relations Committee.
Said Mark Lagon, president of the group Freedom House: "This isn't a matter of low pay or crummy working conditions. This isn't a matter of saving lots of money to choose the product that is made by cutting corners. This is the flagrant abuse of fellow human beings ... Americans won't stand for that."
The AP reported Monday that it found enslaved workers who were forced to peel shrimp in Thailand for up to 16 hours a day for little or no pay, and many were locked inside for months or even years on end. Journalists followed trucks from an abusive factory to major Thai distributors. U.S. customs records show the shrimp made its way into the supply chains of major U.S. food stores and retailers such as Wal-Mart, Kroger, Dollar General and Petco, along with restaurants such as Olive Garden.
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Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Could have saved money and bought something else. Although they were a hit. Not even sure if Publix gets their shrimp from Thailand. Although I vacationed their twice.
underpants
(182,829 posts)My co-worker cracked up. She knows how I feel about Olive Garden.
Judi Lynn
(160,545 posts)yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,202 posts)They even have reverse vending machines at my local Safeway. You put your unwanted gift card in and it pays you a certain percentage of what it's worth.
underpants
(182,829 posts)winstars
(4,220 posts)Its a serious issue and I can easily give up eating shrimp from Thailand...
but PETCO???
JonathanRackham
(1,604 posts)Good thing he's neutered.
bvar22
(39,909 posts)Same thing for Human Beings too.
That is why Republicans and conservative Democrats are always speaking in WAR metaphors...
or talking REAL WAR.
It is a "compensation".
Ask David Vitter.
He knows.
olddad56
(5,732 posts)Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)JonathanRackham
(1,604 posts)Unbelievable.
enough
(13,259 posts)Would the owners of this company be able to sue other countries of loss of profits due to restrictions on slave labor?