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Why Some Victims of Modern Slavery Are “Underworked”
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| Tuesday July 17, 2018
It may not be intuitive, but researchers at the University of Bath
have found that some victims of modern slavery may actually be
“underworked.”
Why? Because it can increase or prolong a victim’s debt bondage and provide a steady stream of revenue for employers who require workers to pay for living costs.
Related Campaign: Urge Australia to pass a strong Modern Slavery Act.
Researchers at the Academy of Management at the University of Bath’s School of Management say that their study of the food and construction sectors in the UK revealed that exploited workers are not necessarily being worked as hard as they can. Victims are sometimes given no work or work for only a few hours each week.
The report’s authors point out that the assumption that all victims of modern slavery tirelessly overworked does not ring true for every exploited worker.
EurekAlert reports:
“The explanation is that victims are being mercilessly forced into a cycle of debt and exploitation that is extremely difficult to break.”
Professor Crane hopes that the new research will shine a light on how “innovative” businesses attempt to get away with labor exploitation.
“We think of business innovation as being to the benefit of the environment and society but here is the dark side of business innovation, highlighting the warped business logic of those who profit from exploitation.”
Take Action: Chip in to support our work against modern slavery.
Why? Because it can increase or prolong a victim’s debt bondage and provide a steady stream of revenue for employers who require workers to pay for living costs.
Related Campaign: Urge Australia to pass a strong Modern Slavery Act.
Researchers at the Academy of Management at the University of Bath’s School of Management say that their study of the food and construction sectors in the UK revealed that exploited workers are not necessarily being worked as hard as they can. Victims are sometimes given no work or work for only a few hours each week.
The report’s authors point out that the assumption that all victims of modern slavery tirelessly overworked does not ring true for every exploited worker.
EurekAlert reports:
Gangmasters take on more workers than they need and deliberately avoid giving victims work. They provide them with accommodation and money for food, on the proviso it is paid back when they start earning; cultivating dependence and debt bondage, most common among migrant workers in the agricultural sector.Professor Andrew Crane, from the University of Bath’s Centre for Business, Organisations and Society, said, “At first, the idea of the victims of modern slavery being ‘underworked’ perplexed us. Why would you coerce workers into a situation of forced labour if you were not going to work them as hard as you could?”
Victims become ‘coerced consumers’, forced into spend wages on accommodation, food, transport and other goods provided by their employer. They are driven deeper into debt, securing funds from family members abroad, or instant loan services.
In other cases, workers will accumulate large amounts of debt, usually with undisclosed premium interest rates, that they cannot repay. They are pushed further into financial dependence and become increasingly susceptible to continued exploitation.
“The explanation is that victims are being mercilessly forced into a cycle of debt and exploitation that is extremely difficult to break.”
Professor Crane hopes that the new research will shine a light on how “innovative” businesses attempt to get away with labor exploitation.
“We think of business innovation as being to the benefit of the environment and society but here is the dark side of business innovation, highlighting the warped business logic of those who profit from exploitation.”
Take Action: Chip in to support our work against modern slavery.
To read the entire article, click here https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/uob-vo071618.php
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BREAKING: Somalia buys weapons amid UN army embargo
The weapons which were seized by Djibouti has been sold to Somalia, according to Somali MP Abdullahi Nur said.
He says a plane carrying weapons consisting of AK47s, pistols, ammunitions and other military equipments had landed last month at Aden Adde International airport in Mogadishu.
It remains unknown if UN Security Council was notified over the weapons importation.
There was no comments from Somalia over the weapons brought in the capital of Mogadishu.
UN army embargo in Somalia.
The UN Security Council has imposed an open ended arms embargo on Somalia after meeting in New York, US.
In March 2014 Security Council Resolution 2142 reaffirmed the overall arms embargo on Somalia and extended the provisions related to arms supplies to the Somali government until 25 October 2014.
In October 2014 Security Council Resolution 2182 reaffirmed the overall arms embargo on Somalia and extended the provisions related to arms supplies to the Somali government until 30 October 2015.
It also authorised for a period of 12 months states to inspect in Somali waters or on the high seas vessels bound for Somalia which they have reasonable grounds to believe are carrying weapons to Somalia in violation of the arms embargo.
In November 2017 the arms embargo was extended until 15 November 2018.
Read more: https://mareeg.com/plane-carrying-weapons-to-somalia-arrive-in-mogadishi/
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