ALP and GLA back Stronger Together campaign against ‘modern day slavery’
25 October 2013
Leading organisations and industry bodies in UK food production, retail and horticulture have launched an educational campaign to tackle labour abuse, following the home secretary’s launch last week of an information sharing protocol.
Fri, 25 Oct 2013Leading organisations and industry bodies in UK food production, retail and horticulture have launched an educational campaign to tackle labour abuse, following the home secretary’s launch last week of an information sharing protocol.
Launched last night (24 October), the new ‘Stronger Together’ initiative has been developed by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA), specialist trade association for GLA sectors the Association of Labour Providers (ALP), charity Migrant Help, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and major retailers.
The campaign is based around a website, strong2gether.org, alongside other resources, guidance and a toolkit containing multi-language posters and leaflets, and a series of workshops across the UK.
The aim is to engage with over 1,000 farms, food producers and labour providers who in turn will reach more than 100,000 workers, to tackle what the campaign refers to as “the scourge of modern day slavery, human trafficking, forced labour and other hidden migrant worker exploitation”.
The BRC was amongst organisations backing a corporate protocol between suppliers, retailers and the GLA itself, launched by Home Secretary Theresa May last week.
This continues the GLA and ALP work in partnering with related organisation, after the confirmation of an ALP “strategic alliance” with the British Growers Association, which is also partnering with Stronger Together, earlier this month.
BRC director general Helen Dickinson comments: “The Stronger Together project is a shining example of organisations across the UK food industry teaming up to tackle human trafficking and forced labour.”
ALP director David Camp says the campaign will look to “sharing the good practice developed with other industry sectors facing similar issues” in the future.
Launched last night (24 October), the new ‘Stronger Together’ initiative has been developed by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA), specialist trade association for GLA sectors the Association of Labour Providers (ALP), charity Migrant Help, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and major retailers.
The campaign is based around a website, strong2gether.org, alongside other resources, guidance and a toolkit containing multi-language posters and leaflets, and a series of workshops across the UK.
The aim is to engage with over 1,000 farms, food producers and labour providers who in turn will reach more than 100,000 workers, to tackle what the campaign refers to as “the scourge of modern day slavery, human trafficking, forced labour and other hidden migrant worker exploitation”.
The BRC was amongst organisations backing a corporate protocol between suppliers, retailers and the GLA itself, launched by Home Secretary Theresa May last week.
This continues the GLA and ALP work in partnering with related organisation, after the confirmation of an ALP “strategic alliance” with the British Growers Association, which is also partnering with Stronger Together, earlier this month.
BRC director general Helen Dickinson comments: “The Stronger Together project is a shining example of organisations across the UK food industry teaming up to tackle human trafficking and forced labour.”
ALP director David Camp says the campaign will look to “sharing the good practice developed with other industry sectors facing similar issues” in the future.
