1. Task Force Instructors:
Dr. Sutapa Basu
Bratati Ghosh
Task Force Evaluator:
Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles
Bev Emery of the Department of Commerce
Task Force Members:
Ana Alice Block- Lead Coordinator
Emma Vielbig- Coordinator/Lead Poster
Helena Koval- Editor
Amela Zukic- Editor
Kate Burns
Alison Forsyth
Margaret Montgomery
Rocío Nureña
Zara Pollack
Sarah Priddy
Westley Rachko
Akhmed Shukurov
Irene Situ
Lissan Tibebe
Sydney Victor
Mengwei Cindy Zhang
From International Supply Chains to Local
Consumption: Eliminating Labor Trafficking
from all Companies in Washington State
International Studies Program
Task Force 2015
The Issue:
• Companies all over the world are profiting from the use of trafficked
labor in the goods and services they provide to the consumer
market.
The Goal:
• Through an investigation of labor trafficking in Washington State
businesses, our Task Force aims to provide policy suggestions that
would monitor companies as well as spread public awareness and
consumer consciousness of the issue.
.
Policy Recommendations:
• Develop an anti-labor
trafficking code of conduct for
Washington State companies.
• Create a penalty and rewards
system.
• Extend state-wide hotline for
victims of trafficking and
trafficking whistleblowers.
• Create a collaborative advisory
board to evaluate and enforce
fair labor practices.
• Mandate labor trafficking in the
Washington State high school
curriculum.
Nearly 21 Million People
Trafficked Globally
$150 Billion (USD) in Profits
from Forced Labor Annually
Ma
de By Fair La
bor
Respe
ct Dignity H
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nor
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