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Article

6 Jun 2013

Author:
International Labor Rights Forum & Warehouse Workers United

The Walmart Effect: Child and Worker Rights Violations at Narong Seafood, Thailand’s Model Shrimp Processing Factory

…Many of these [shrimp] workers are trafficked into the country by labor brokers and are often subjected to labor exploitation and debt bondage…[U]nder and non‐payment of wages, violations of minimum wage laws, long overtime hours, dangerous and unsanitary working conditions and the systematic denial of freedom of association and collectivve bargaining rights are common…[I]nstances of forced and child labor are known to be widespread in the industry…[Refers to Narong Seafood, Phatthana Seafood and Walmart. Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Narong Seafood, Phatthana Seafood and Walmart to respond to the allegations. Narong Seafood and Walmart responses provided. Phatthana Seafod did not respond.]