In 2020, the Labor Trafficking Subcommittee launched a National Human Trafficking Awareness Month campaign and participated in activities throughout the year in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act.
Throughout the year, the subcommittee also:
- welcomed new members and hosted guest presenters including folks from the City of Chicago, Illinois state agencies working with migrant and seasonal farmworker services, child and family services
- worked with researchers, legal centers and members from other human trafficking task forces from across the country focusing on labor trafficking
- participated in the Cook County Human Trafficking Task Force’s annual national human trafficking conference
- participated a task force action research evaluation
- participated in Semana Laboral (Labor Rights Week) activities
- collaborated with member organizations on best practices and supported one another’s campaigns spotlighting domestic workers, agricultural and landscaping workers, temporary workers, and young workers
- organized and facilitated labor agency roundtables in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- participated in activities supporting World Day Against Child Labor, and the USDOL’s National Dialogue to Combat Human Trafficking.
Throughout the year, the subcommittee also:
- welcomed new members and hosted guest presenters including folks from the City of Chicago, Illinois state agencies working with migrant and seasonal farmworker services, child and family services
- worked with researchers, legal centers and members from other human trafficking task forces from across the country focusing on labor trafficking
- participated in the Cook County Human Trafficking Task Force’s annual national human trafficking conference
- participated a task force action research evaluation
- participated in Semana Laboral (Labor Rights Week) activities
- collaborated with member organizations on best practices and supported one another’s campaigns spotlighting domestic workers, agricultural and landscaping workers, temporary workers, and young workers
- organized and facilitated labor agency roundtables in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- participated in activities supporting World Day Against Child Labor, and the USDOL’s National Dialogue to Combat Human Trafficking.
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