Labor

SeaChoice: Canadian Retailers are Not Doing Enough to Stop Human Rights Abuses in Seafood Supply Chains

June 30, 2021 SeaChoice

Despite years of accounts and exposés of slavery, forced labour, human trafficking and other human rights abuses in seafood supply chains, most Canadian retailers’ social responsibility commitments and actionscontinue to be inadequate and untraceable, according to SeaChoice’s fourth update on Seafood Progress, an online platform that profiles seafood commitments and practices of major Canadian retailers. …

JBS USA Invests in U.S. Beef Capacity and Permanently Increased Wages

June 16, 2021 JBS USA

JBS USA, a leading U.S. beef producer, announced it is investing more than $130 million in the U.S. beef industry to increase production capacity and more than $150 million in annualized pay increases to workers across its nine beef plants. The investments are part of the company’s long-term strategic commitment to the success and future growth of the U.S. beef industry. …

Café Valley Increases Starting Wage To $15 Per Hour

June 16, 2021 Café Valley Bakery

Leading ready-to-eat bakery brand Café Valley® today announced it is making a significant investment in employee wages. The company is increasing starting pay to $15/hour and investing $7.2 million to raise the pay scale at its U.S. production plants. …

US Foods Summer Scoop Lineup Takes Aim at Restaurant Labor Shortage

June 14, 2021 US Foods

With 62% of operators saying they are concerned about finding skilled workers during the pandemic,1 restaurant operators struggle to balance the resurgence of on-site diners and existing take-out and delivery operations ramped up during the pandemic. …

Huffman, Graves Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Combat IUU Fishing, Human Rights Abuses

May 13, 2021 Office of US Congressman Jared Huffman

Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA), Chair of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, and Representative Garret Graves (R-LA) introduced the Illegal Fishing and Forced Labor Prevention Act to combat illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing and human rights abuses in the seafood supply chain. …