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Fabian

@fabianman.bsky.social

Being blind to the forced everlasting labor practices of the world. 20x20 oil on canvas #oilpainting#art#ballet#forcedlabor#dance#donotgiveup#cityart

February 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM

The Child Labor Coalition

@childlaborclc.bsky.social

100+ civil society organizations call on @USDOL to restore $500M in funding to combat #forcedlabor & #childlabor. These funds are essential to protect children and to end #humantrafficking. Pls RT @alt-dol.altgov.info @greenhousenyt.bsky.social
stopchildlabor.org/press-releas...

April 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM

🖇️ Jane

@janetea4.bsky.social

Treatment Farms sounds like #ForcedLabor to me

NPR @npr.org · Jan 29

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. survived heroin addiction and says that if confirmed as head of the Department of Health and Human Services, he'll build treatment "farms" to help people recover.

RFK Jr. says he'll fix the overdose crisis. Critics say his plan is risky

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. survived heroin addiction and says that if confirmed as head of the Department of Health and Human Services, he'll build treatment "farms" to help people recover.

www.npr.org

January 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM

TheBlackDahlea

@theblackdahlea.com

MAGA and Modern Slavery ⛓️
🎞️ Credit: “This aged poorly” on TikTok

Unfortunately, this gentleman is not on this application that I can find. But he is a wealth of information.

@browneyegirlhi.bsky.social

#America #Gulag #forcedlabor #SlaveryInAmerica #13Amendment

July 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM

Stephen Lautens

@stephenlautens.bsky.social

And one more: #forcedlabor #cdnpoli www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022...

US prison workers produce $11bn worth of goods and services a year for pittance

New report by American Civil Liberties Union says incarcerated laborers are either poorly compensated or not at all

www.theguardian.com

June 4, 2026 at 12:50 PM

Allison Moon 🌙 🍁

@shewandersferal.bsky.social

remind me:

which #country was imposing #tariffs on #Canada over #ForcedLabor | #ForcedLabour?

🍁 #CANpoli 🍁 #CDNpoli 🍁 #CanadaSky 🌌 #economy

#ExplosiveDiarrhea
#cyclosporiasis #ParasiticGOP

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · Aug 2

Roses are red
The runs got your neighbor

The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

futurism.com

August 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM

Just Security

@justsecurity.org

Confronting #China on its use of #Uyghurs for #ForcedLabor would support the Trump administration’s national security, economic, and #ReligiousFreedom goals, writes Samir Goswami:

www.justsecurity.org/130416/force...

The U.S. Interest in Ending Abuses Against Uyghurs

The U.S. must confront forced labor in China’s supply chains to protect fair trade and strengthen global standards.

www.justsecurity.org

February 6, 2026 at 2:06 PM

A Dandelion

@onedandelion.bsky.social

Going against China's #ForcedLabor ? as if 🇺🇸 doesn't do that❓🤔
bsky.app/profile/waja...

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · Feb 6

The Trump Administration Is Building Concentration Camps for Americans

The Trump Administration is taking money from the State Department and the US Navy to fund and expedite the construction of concentration camps across America.

open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

February 6, 2026 at 2:27 PM

A Dandelion

@onedandelion.bsky.social

In the making of a #ConcentrationCamp , cheap #ForcedLabor center.

February 13, 2026 at 8:23 PM

br00t4c

@br00t4c.bsky.social

#SlaveStates #ForcedLabor #GOPSeditiousTraitors #sadism

April 16, 2026 at 11:49 PM

Gregory Shaffer

@gregorycshaffer.bsky.social

Our piece assessing the cynicism and hypocrisy behind the #Section301 report on #forcedlabor is now out in @justsecurity

Jeremiah May @jeremiahmay.bsky.social · Jun 16

@gregorycshaffer.bsky.social and I show how the proposed tariff rates in USTR's forced-labor Section 301 report track whether or not a country has cut a deal with the U.S. administration, and not its policing of forced-labor imports for @justsecurity.org

The Cynicism Behind the Administration’s Proposed Forced Labor Tariffs

The USTR's proposed Section 301 tariffs are intended more to pressure countries to sign and implement deals than to protect labor.

www.justsecurity.org

June 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM

Cascadia(PNW)

@cascadiarevolting.bsky.social

You know, these stories of people being forced to give oral sex and other horrific things while in ICE concentration camps are bad. And it’s HAPPENING NOW.You cannot convince me it isn’t. These people are fucking pedophiles. But hey, how about that football game? #sa #ICE #forcedlabor #humanrights

October 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM

Humans Are Greater Than Money

@humans-are-greater.bsky.social

Paying less for clothing isn’t worth the industry-wide cost of human enslavement.

#HumanRights #NoSlavery #PriceOfFashion #ForcedLabor #Slavery #bluesky #HumansAreGreaterThanMoney #Humans>$

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June 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM

Alt U.S. Department of Labor

@alt-dol.altgov.info

A $4B for-profit prison company has surged in value under Trump. Investors are betting big on immigration detention. But the company continues to resist paying detainees over $1/day for cleaning facilities where the government has forced them to live.

#ForcedLabor should have no place in the U.S.

An ICE Contractor Is Worth Billions. It’s Still Fighting to Pay Detainees as Little as $1 a Day to Work.

GEO Group, whose stock is valued at $4 billion, says that state minimum wage laws don’t apply to the cleaning services that it’s asked detained migrants to perform at facilities where they’re kept.

www.propublica.org

March 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM

Marsha Skrypuch

@marshaskrypuch.bsky.social

An unputdownable memoir about a mother who dies holding onto her secrets, and a daughter determined to uncover the truth. #Ostarbeiter #Ukraine #forcedlabor @houseofanansi.bsky.social #halinastjames #canlit

August 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM

Gus Moyer (梅子超)

@gusmoyer.bsky.social

Shades of #Mao Zedong's #re-education #camps?
#RFK #wellness #farms
#addiction #FOTUS
#ForcedLabor #Trump

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · Feb 14

RFK Jr said he wants to send folks who are taking antidepressants and ADHD medications to "wellness farms" in rural America where they will be forced to labor by growing organic food to "cure their addictions."

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

RFK Jr. wants to send people addicted to antidepressants to government "wellness farms"

The farms will "reparent" them.

www.motherjones.com

February 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM

Stephen Lautens

@stephenlautens.bsky.social

Canada has worked to eliminate #forcedlabor from supply chains for years now. Public companies have an obligation to investigate and file annual reports confirming there is no forced labour in their supply chains for over a decade. I used to file them at work. #cdnpoli www.osler.com/en/insights/...