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AFL-CIO and Anti-Slavery Activists Get Results on Mauritania
… On Friday, in response to a petition originally filed by the AFL-CIO in 2017, the U.S. government gave Mauritania an ultimatum : It must make … face the loss of trade benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act ( AGOA ). Mauritania has until Jan. 1, 2019 to take action. … Mauritania was the last country on Earth to prohibit slavery— in 1981 . However, slavery persists. Since at least 2002 , the International Labor Organization has tried—without success—to work cooperatively with the government of Mauritania to end the practice. That’s why the AFL-CIO’s petition and the …