Yi-hsiang Shih
@YihsiangShih
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https://www.facebook.com/yihsiang.shih 07-08-2009 11:09:55
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After historic #ForcedLabour & #EUCSDDD EU votes, migrant fishers are not wasting a second in demanding #WifiNOWforFishersRights as a 1st step to ending forced labor in Taiwan’s fleet. Today they meet w European Commission European External Action Service - EEAS 🇪🇺 EU Social 🇪🇺 EU Trade 🇪🇺 EU Maritime & Fish
It’s time for all fishers in Taiwan’s distant-water fishing fleet to have Wi-Fi access so they can exercise their labor rights. Migrant fishers with FOSPI are at Seafood Expo Global #SEG24 calling on the seafood industry to support true #Sustainability w/ #WifiNOWForFishersRights
.@USDOL's Bureau of International Labor Affairs Deputy Undersecretary Thea Lee met with Indonesian fishers at the Seafood Expo North America today, and @USDOL's Bureau of International Labor Affairs staff joined the International Labor Rights Forum (GLJ-ILRF) side event to learn how critical WiFi access is in these fishers’ fight for freedom of association on fishing vessels.
In #Taipei , the Taiwan Association for Human Rights, #TaiwanLabourFront , and #TaiwanEconomicDemocracyUnion (B4Ukraine Coalition member) called on 🇹🇼 firms to fully exit Russia and not to export machinery & microelectronic parts there, so as not to become complicit in the war on 🇺🇦: bit.ly/B4U_TAIW
Taiwanese labor and human rights advocates are demanding that the #Taiwan government to take action against #humantrafficking & #forcedlabor & implement priority reforms as laid out in the Department of State U.S. State Dept. Trafficking in Persons Office #TIPReport . #seafood
Thank you to all who contributed to this initiative Taiwan Association for Human Rights Stella Maris Greenpeace USA Greenpeace East Asia Global Labor Justice (GLJ-ILRF) International Labor Rights Forum (GLJ-ILRF) Lennon Ying-Dah Wong (汪英達) Mina Chiang 江玉敏 AndyShen and others!
🧵U.S. State Dept. Trafficking in Persons Office maintained #Taiwan at Tier 1 in its 2021 #TIPReport for the twelfth consecutive year despite ongoing concerns around #humantrafficking in the #fishing industry. bit.ly/3qVKG9U
📅 THUR JUL 8TH, 9:30AM ET
📰 Seafood Working Group Press Conference Taiwan TIP Report 2021: Department of State Misses Opportunity to Push Taiwan Government to Take Greater Action to Combat Human Trafficking in the Fishing Sector U.S. State Dept. Trafficking in Persons Office
📌 RSVP here: laborrights.org/events/press-c…