Fighting slavery, flaming labour exploitation? Growing wealth and power inequalities between classes, and between business and workers, is fuelling labour exploitation. And the UK’s Modern Slavery Bill – set to become law in March 2015 – will do little to stop it. Forced labour is not an isolated issue separable from labour exploitation more generally. Both are driven by inequality … Continue reading →
5 March 2015 by Genevieve LeBaron
Categories: Economics, Inequality, Politics and policy, SPERI Comment, trade
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Tags: 2014 Modern Slavery Bill, exploitation, forced labour, profits, slavery
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Inequality Redux III
Fighting slavery, flaming labour exploitation? Growing wealth and power inequalities between classes, and between business and workers, is fuelling labour exploitation. And the UK’s Modern Slavery Bill – set to become law in March 2015 – will do little to stop it. Forced labour is not an isolated issue separable from labour exploitation more generally. Both are driven by inequality … Continue reading →
5 March 2015 by Genevieve LeBaron
Categories: Economics, Inequality, Politics and policy, SPERI Comment, trade | Tags: 2014 Modern Slavery Bill, exploitation, forced labour, profits, slavery | 1 comment