Labor Trafficking Explained in Film

by Amanda Kloer · 2009-07-25 09:00:00 UTC
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The Anti-Slavery Project recently released a very simple, and very well-executed video on labor trafficking.  It begins by asking "what is the difference between a bad job and...human trafficking?"  While the video, which is Australian, doesn't go into the legal differences between exploitation, bad working conditions, and slavery, it does provided a simple and succinct summary of what labor trafficking is.  Here's the video.

 

One of my favorite features of this video is that they include some of the many industries victims are trafficked into.  Places like restaurants, salons, and retail stores are not the places most people think of when they think about trafficking victims.  The juxtaposition of these locations with the description of the experience of a trafficking victims is powerful. 
 

Amanda Kloer is a Change.org Editor and has been a full-time abolitionist in several capacities for seven years. Follow her on Twitter @endhumantraffic
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