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A new labor law that requires all Chinese workers to have written employment contracts went into effect on January 1 in China , Bloomberg reported Wednesday. The Contract Labor Law also gives Chinese workers the...

US District Judge Richard G. Stearns ordered US immigration officials on Friday to provide detainees from a New Bedford, Massachusetts sweatshop access to lawyers and not to move them out of state. Stearns also told the state Department of...

Flights carrying illegal workers caught in a federal raid in New Bedford, Massachusetts to a deportation holding facility in Texas were delayed Thursday after Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick asked federal authorities to stop the flights until the...

Italian police Chief Superintendent Chiara Giacomantonio said Wednesday that a four month-long investigation has turned up nearly 2,000 suspects believed to be involved in human trafficking in Italy. According to police, most of the...

In a report released Monday, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime criticized the efforts of countries around the world as ineffective in blocking the flow of people smuggled into countries, many of...

Jane Doe I et al. v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Superior Court of California, September 13, 2005 . Read the full text of the complaint...

Workers in six countries filed a class action lawsuit in California Tuesday against retail giant Wal-Mart , alleging illegal sweatshop conditions in the company's toy and clothing factories. The non-US claims cite that the workers...