What are the prospects for protecting workers in global supply chains? From UN principles to business and worker efforts, the range of initiatives is impressive – but many remain seriously flawed.
The Global Slavery Index uses questionable data and ignores global interdependence to frame modern slavery as an issue rooted in the Global South. It exculpates the Global North of its continuing role in extreme exploitation and perpetuates a politics of rescue.
The much-lauded US Tier ranking system monitors foreign governments' efforts to combat trafficking. But this obscures the US' role in actually creating conditions which contribute to labor exploitation and trafficking.
