Sari Heidenreich, forced labor in imported seafood

04/18/24 • 41 min

Sari Heidenrich joins guest host Liliana Sierra Castillo to talk about forced labor in seafood. Forced labor is sadly a reality for many people working in imported seafood supply chains. Sari (Greenpeace USA) discusses the conditions that have created and perpetuated this problem, the challenges workers face, and some possible pathways toward solutions. This conversation highlights the importance of knowing who caught our seafood to make ethical choices that nourish our bodies and those of everyone laboring in the seafood system.

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Shannon Guillot-Wright, providing direct services to fishermen and seafood processing workers in the Gulf of Mexico

Shannon Guillot-Wright, PhD, is working to directly address medical, immigration, and social needs for fishermen and seafood processing workers in precarious, dangerous, and vulnerable jobs at the Texas-Louisiana border.
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Travis Dardar, fighting LNG in Louisiana

Travis Dardar is an Indigenous and commercial fisherman in Cameron, Louisiana who is fighting not just for his heritage but for the very lives of his loved ones. Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) is marketed as a "transition" energy, but in reality it is entrenching the power and pollution of the oil and gas industry, threatening the livelihoods and health of families living nearby, including fishing families. Travis is an inspiring leader and activist, and an unwitting one.

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