Task Force Instructors: Dr. Sutapa Basu Bratati Ghosh Task Force Evaluator: Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles Bev Emery of the Department of Commerce Task Force Members: Ana Alice Block- Lead Coordinator Emma Vielbig- Coordinator/Lead Poster Helena Koval- Editor Amela Zukic- Editor Kate Burns Alison Forsyth Margaret Montgomery Rocío Nureña Zara Pollack Sarah Priddy Westley Rachko Akhmed Shukurov Irene Situ Lissan Tibebe From International Supply Chains to Local Consumption: Eliminating Labor Trafficking from all Companies in Washington State International Studies Program Task Force 2015 The Issue: • Companies all over the world are profiting from the use of trafficked labor in the goods and services they provide to the consumer market. The Goal: • Through an investigation of labor trafficking in Washington State businesses, our Task Force aims to provide policy suggestions that would monitor companies as well as spread public awareness and consumer consciousness of the issue. . Policy Recommendations: • Develop an anti-labor trafficking code of conduct for Washington State companies. • Create a penalty and rewards system. • Extend state-wide hotline for victims of trafficking and trafficking whistleblowers. • Create a collaborative advisory board to evaluate and enforce fair labor practices. • Mandate labor trafficking in the Washington State high school curriculum. Nearly 21 Million People Trafficked Globally $150 Billion (USD) in Profits from Forced Labor Annually

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Page 1: Task Force- Basu and Ghosh JSIS 495 B Winter 2015

Task Force Instructors:Dr. Sutapa Basu

Bratati Ghosh

Task Force Evaluator:Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles

Bev Emery of the Department of Commerce

Task Force Members:Ana Alice Block- Lead Coordinator

Emma Vielbig- Coordinator/Lead PosterHelena Koval- EditorAmela Zukic- Editor

Kate BurnsAlison Forsyth

Margaret MontgomeryRocío NureñaZara PollackSarah Priddy

Westley RachkoAkhmed Shukurov

Irene SituLissan TibebeSydney Victor

Mengwei Cindy Zhang

From International Supply Chains to Local Consumption: Eliminating Labor Trafficking

from all Companies in Washington State

International Studies Program

Task Force

2015The Issue: • Companies all over the world are profiting from the use of trafficked

labor in the goods and services they provide to the consumer market.

The Goal:• Through an investigation of labor trafficking in Washington State

businesses, our Task Force aims to provide policy suggestions that would monitor companies as well as spread public awareness and consumer consciousness of the issue.

. Policy Recommendations:• Develop an anti-labor

trafficking code of conduct for Washington State companies.

• Create a penalty and rewards system.

• Extend state-wide hotline for victims of trafficking and trafficking whistleblowers.

• Create a collaborative advisory board to evaluate and enforce fair labor practices.

• Mandate labor trafficking in the Washington State high school curriculum.

Nearly 21 Million People Trafficked Globally

$150 Billion (USD) in Profits from Forced Labor Annually