"Producers vow to clean up act", 30 June 2014

MEMBERS of the Thai Fishery Producers Coalition made a joint commitment in April to completely eliminate child and forced labour from their 'upstream' supply chains to 'downstream' manufacturers within two years. That was before the US downgraded Thailand to the lowest level of Tier 3 in its 2014 Trafficking in Persons report (TIP)…Thailand should be upgraded in the TIP report soon…[Poj Aramwattananont, chairman of the Thai Fishery Producers Coalition] claimed, as the industry has made serious efforts to eliminate forced and child labour for many years. All coalition members has vowed to rid child and forced labour from their facilities and pre-production process by September. In one year, they will draw up a plan to provide better facilities for workers, such as accommodation. In 2 years, they will commit to eliminate child and forced labour in their supply chain…