Press Release
AFL-CIO Supports Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
… Labor Prevention Act introduced today by Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). The act is meant to halt horrific abuse the Chinese government has inflicted on more than 1.8 million Uyghurs and other Muslims and Turkic … Chinese government has run a massive program of so-called “re-education” of these people. The program uses several methods to eliminate their identity and way of life, including the largest internment program of an ethnic and religious group since the Holocaust. While interned, many are forced to work to support China’s industry, including textiles and garments. China has also broadly deployed state-of-the-art …