2025年4月24日
USA: 8 Brazilian workers sue Starbucks over alleged forced labour by company's supplier
摘要
日期: 2025年4月24日
地点: 巴西
企业
Cooperativa dos Cafeicultores de Guaxupé (Cooxupé) - Supplier , Fazienda Piedade - Employer , Starbucks - Buyer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 2 - 巴西 , 农业和畜牧 , Men , Documented migrants )议题
Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 恐吓和威胁 , 人口贩运 , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Debt Bondage , Wage Theft回应
回应纪录: 是，由Journalist
回应的外部链接： (查看更多)
后续行动: A Starbucks spokesperson said: “The cornerstone of our approach to buying coffee is Coffee and Farmer Equity (Cafe) Practices, one of the coffee industry’s first set of ethical sourcing standards when it launched in 2004 and is continuously improved. “Developed in collaboration with Conservation International, Cafe Practices is a verification program that measures farms against economic, social, and environmental criteria, all designed to promote transparent, profitable, and sustainable coffee growing practices while also protecting the well-being of coffee farmers and workers, their families, and their communities.”
信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2025年4月24日
地点: 巴西
企业
Cooperativa dos Cafeicultores de Guaxupé (Cooxupé) - Supplier , Corrego do Jacu Farm - Employer , Paquera Farm - Employer , Starbucks - Buyer其他
Not Reported ( 农业和畜牧 ) - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 8
外劳和移民工人: ( 1 - 巴西 , 农业和畜牧 , Men , Documented migrants )议题
人口贩运 , 强迫劳动与当代奴隶制 , 童工 , Heat exposure , Occupational Health & Safety , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , 信息获取 , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Contract Substitution , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Restricted mobility , 受伤 , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Debt Bondage , 心理健康回应
回应纪录: 是，由Journalist
回应的外部链接： (查看更多)
后续行动: A Starbucks spokesperson said: “The cornerstone of our approach to buying coffee is Coffee and Farmer Equity (Cafe) Practices, one of the coffee industry’s first set of ethical sourcing standards when it launched in 2004 and is continuously improved. “Developed in collaboration with Conservation International, Cafe Practices is a verification program that measures farms against economic, social, and environmental criteria, all designed to promote transparent, profitable, and sustainable coffee growing practices while also protecting the well-being of coffee farmers and workers, their families, and their communities.”
信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2025年4月24日
地点: 巴西
企业
Cooperativa dos Cafeicultores de Guaxupé (Cooxupé) - Supplier , Coqueiros Farm - Employer , Starbucks - Buyer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 巴西 , 农业和畜牧 , Men , Documented migrants )议题
恐吓和威胁 , Wage Theft , Debt Bondage , 人口贩运 , 强迫劳动与当代奴隶制 , Restricted mobility , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Occupational Health & Safety , Heat exposure , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time回应
回应纪录: 是，由Journalist
回应的外部链接： (查看更多)
后续行动: The Ministry of Labor found that the coffee plantation was responsible for trafficking John Does II and III and forcing them to work under “slavery-like” conditions. ADERE publicly named Starbucks as largely responsible for the system of trafficking and forced labor in Brazil’s coffee sector. ADERE later received threats due to its report that exposed Starbucks. ADERE does not know specifically who made the threats, but they only occurred after ADERE exposed Starbucks. A Starbucks spokesperson said: “The cornerstone of our approach to buying coffee is Coffee and Farmer Equity (Cafe) Practices, one of the coffee industry’s first set of ethical sourcing standards when it launched in 2004 and is continuously improved. “Developed in collaboration with Conservation International, Cafe Practices is a verification program that measures farms against economic, social, and environmental criteria, all designed to promote transparent, profitable, and sustainable coffee growing practices while also protecting the well-being of coffee farmers and workers, their families, and their communities.”
信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2025年4月24日
地点: 巴西
企业
Facienda Boa Vista - Employer , Starbucks - Buyer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 1 - 巴西 , 农业和畜牧 , Men , Documented migrants )议题
人口贩运 , 强迫劳动与当代奴隶制 , 疾病 , Debt Bondage , 药物可及性 , Denial of leave , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , 心理健康回应
回应纪录: 是，由Journalist
回应的外部链接： (查看更多)
后续行动: A Starbucks spokesperson said: “The cornerstone of our approach to buying coffee is Coffee and Farmer Equity (Cafe) Practices, one of the coffee industry’s first set of ethical sourcing standards when it launched in 2004 and is continuously improved. “Developed in collaboration with Conservation International, Cafe Practices is a verification program that measures farms against economic, social, and environmental criteria, all designed to promote transparent, profitable, and sustainable coffee growing practices while also protecting the well-being of coffee farmers and workers, their families, and their communities.”
信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2025年4月24日
地点: 巴西
企业
Cooperativa dos Cafeicultores de Guaxupé (Cooxupé) - Supplier , São João Farm - Employer , Starbucks - Buyer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 巴西 , 农业和畜牧 , 未报告性别 , Documented migrants )议题
Poverty Wages , Denial of permanent contracts , Debt Bondage , Restricted mobility , Wage Theft , 食物权 , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , 水的获取 , 人口贩运 , 强迫劳动与当代奴隶制 , Occupational Health & Safety , 心理健康回应
回应纪录: 是，由Journalist
回应的外部链接： (查看更多)
后续行动: A Starbucks spokesperson said: “The cornerstone of our approach to buying coffee is Coffee and Farmer Equity (Cafe) Practices, one of the coffee industry’s first set of ethical sourcing standards when it launched in 2004 and is continuously improved. “Developed in collaboration with Conservation International, Cafe Practices is a verification program that measures farms against economic, social, and environmental criteria, all designed to promote transparent, profitable, and sustainable coffee growing practices while also protecting the well-being of coffee farmers and workers, their families, and their communities.”
信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2025年4月24日
地点: 巴西
企业
Cooperativa dos Cafeicultores de Guaxupé (Cooxupé) - Supplier , Facenda de Serra - Employer , Starbucks - Buyer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 巴西 , 农业和畜牧 , 未报告性别 , Documented migrants )议题
Contract Substitution , Poverty Wages , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Restricted mobility , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Wage Theft , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 人口贩运 , 强迫劳动与当代奴隶制 , Denial of permanent contracts , Social Security , 招聘费 , Occupational Health & Safety , 药物可及性 , 水的获取 , 食物权 , 心理健康回应
回应纪录: 是，由Journalist
回应的外部链接： (查看更多)
后续行动: the Ministry ordered the farmer to pay back wages to John Does VI, VII, and VIII and provide them with bus fare back to their home. A Starbucks spokesperson said: “The cornerstone of our approach to buying coffee is Coffee and Farmer Equity (Cafe) Practices, one of the coffee industry’s first set of ethical sourcing standards when it launched in 2004 and is continuously improved. “Developed in collaboration with Conservation International, Cafe Practices is a verification program that measures farms against economic, social, and environmental criteria, all designed to promote transparent, profitable, and sustainable coffee growing practices while also protecting the well-being of coffee farmers and workers, their families, and their communities.”
信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2025年4月24日
地点: 巴西
企业
Cooperativa dos Cafeicultores de Guaxupé (Cooxupé) - Supplier , Sitio da Illha - Employer , Starbucks - Buyer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 巴西 , 农业和畜牧 , 未报告性别 , Documented migrants )议题
Work & Conditions回应
回应纪录: 是，由Journalist
回应的外部链接： (查看更多)
后续行动: A Starbucks spokesperson said: “The cornerstone of our approach to buying coffee is Coffee and Farmer Equity (Cafe) Practices, one of the coffee industry’s first set of ethical sourcing standards when it launched in 2004 and is continuously improved. “Developed in collaboration with Conservation International, Cafe Practices is a verification program that measures farms against economic, social, and environmental criteria, all designed to promote transparent, profitable, and sustainable coffee growing practices while also protecting the well-being of coffee farmers and workers, their families, and their communities.”
信息来源: News outlet
Maria Kray, Canva Pro
“‘Morally repugnant’: Brazilian workers sue coffee supplier to Starbucks over ‘slavery-like conditions’”, 24 April 2025
“John” was just days from turning 16 when he was allegedly recruited to work on a Brazilian coffee farm that supplies the global coffeehouse chain Starbucks…
Unpaid and without protective equipment such as boots and gloves, he worked under a scorching sun from 5.30am to 6pm with only a 20-minute lunch break, until he was rescued in a raid by Brazilian authorities in June 2024.
The official report from that operation concluded that John had been subjected to “child labour in hazardous conditions”, and that he and other workers had been “trafficked and subjected to slavery-like conditions”.
This week, John and seven other Brazilian workers… filed a civil lawsuit in the US against Starbucks, with the support of International Rights Advocates (IRA), seeking financial compensation for the harm they allege to have suffered.
On Thursday, the NGO Coffee Watch also filed a complaint with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seeking to “exclude coffee and coffee products produced ‘wholly or in part’ with forced labour in Brazil” from being imported by Starbucks and other major companies such as Nestlé, Jacobs Douwe Egberts, Dunkin’, Illy and McDonald’s.
In Brazil, coffee farming is the economic sector with the highest number of workers rescued from conditions analogous to slavery…
A Starbucks spokesperson said: “The cornerstone of our approach to buying coffee is Coffee and Farmer Equity (Cafe) Practices, one of the coffee industry’s first set of ethical sourcing standards when it launched in 2004 and is continuously improved.
“Developed in collaboration with Conservation International, Cafe Practices is a verification program that measures farms against economic, social, and environmental criteria, all designed to promote transparent, profitable, and sustainable coffee growing practices while also protecting the well-being of coffee farmers and workers, their families, and their communities.”