Hawaii fishing industry dependent on labor exploitation
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The recently passed U.S labor law prevents any and all goods that have been made via forced labor from being imported into the country. However, the law seems to not apply to the U.S itself since the Hawaiian fishing industries heavily rely on labor exploitation according to Human Rights First Organization.
Reports show that the fishing industry which brings in an annual profit of $110 million from restaurants and markets across the U.S, use approximately “700 unprotected foreign workers.”
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The workers are usually brought in by boats from Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam without visas. Made to surrender their passports to the boat captains, they are never allowed to leave the ship becoming virtual prisoners.
According to the organization, the new provision in the Tariff Act of 1930 protects workers from exploitation overseas but fails to do so within the country.
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