Agriculture, Central America, Food and Beverage, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Labor Supply Chains, Latin America, Migrant Workers, South America
As part of Verité’s ongoing work to improve labor practices in the Latin American coffee sector under the U.S. Department of Labor-funded Cooperation on Fair, Free, Equitable Employment (COFFEE) Project, this year we are launching pilot projects in three key coffee producing countries — Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico.
Agriculture, Ethical Recruitment, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Labor Supply Chains, raw materials, Recruitment, South America
Verité research has found that the use of labor brokers (including village-level agents, recruiters, labor contractors, and crew leaders) is widespread throughout the Latin American coffee sector, including in Brazil.
