What if I were to tell you that slavery is not a thing of the past? In fact, it still plays a very big part in receiving a high percentage of the food we eat. In Thailand, people who participate in the fishing game must constantly be on their toes, as in their society today it happens all too often that a fisherman is captured and sold between other fishermen. After they are captured they are worked endlessly in order to meet game quotas. If they do not reach the quota then they are severely beaten as punishment. Some have been forced to live this way for decades others only years, but each victim walks away with their own mental trauma. Sea slavery is abusive, but it is also widespread (too many times sea food caught from slave labor ends
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However, this is troubling given the fact that “the industry runs off the backs of poor people from its own country and migrants from Myanmar, Cambodia, and Caos, who are often sold, kidnapped, and tricked on to trawlers” (Nestle sued in US for Thai supplier 's use of slave labour 2015). People who are unfortunate victims of poverty are driven to the sea to find the solution to their malnutrition issue. It is under these all to common circumstances that these people are truly in the most danger. They are seen at sea and offered jobs, which seem to be easy and make decent money. However, once arriving at their “new job” they are forced by armed guards onto a boat, stripped of their identities, and forced to work in an insufferable …show more content…
This is wrong, in fact is companies such as nestle that buy the food and put it on the plates of many US citizens. By doing this “Nestle has effectively tricked millions of consumers into supporting and encouraging slave labor on floating prisons.” (Nestle sued in US for Thai supplier 's use of slave labour 2015). In fact the problem is so bad that nestle is being sued because their participation in the slavery issue through the distribution of many items received from the labor of these unfortunate
However, this is troubling given the fact that “the industry runs off the backs of poor people from its own country and migrants from Myanmar, Cambodia, and Caos, who are often sold, kidnapped, and tricked on to trawlers” (Nestle sued in US for Thai supplier 's use of slave labour 2015). People who are unfortunate victims of poverty are driven to the sea to find the solution to their malnutrition issue. It is under these all to common circumstances that these people are truly in the most danger. They are seen at sea and offered jobs, which seem to be easy and make decent money. However, once arriving at their “new job” they are forced by armed guards onto a boat, stripped of their identities, and forced to work in an insufferable …show more content…
This is wrong, in fact is companies such as nestle that buy the food and put it on the plates of many US citizens. By doing this “Nestle has effectively tricked millions of consumers into supporting and encouraging slave labor on floating prisons.” (Nestle sued in US for Thai supplier 's use of slave labour 2015). In fact the problem is so bad that nestle is being sued because their participation in the slavery issue through the distribution of many items received from the labor of these unfortunate