NOWCRJ has helped an extraordinarily brave group of labor trafficking survivors from the Indian Workers' Congress conduct a hunger strike for justice against the traffickers that began on May 14, 2008, and will culminate in a major rally in Washington, DC, on June 11, 2008.
SIGN THE PETITION!Join the workers' petition to the US and Indian government demanding:
That workers be released from the terror of deportation and granted continued presence as authorized by the U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 so they may safely participate in the federal government’s anti-trafficking investigation
That US Congress hold hearings that focus on the way that US companies, recruiters, and labor brokers have used the H-2B guestworker program as a legally sanctioned vehicle for trafficking and forced labor in the post-Katrina Gulf Coast
That the Indian government take immediate action to move bilateral discussions between India and US and to ensure the protection of migrant workers arriving in the US from India.
A delegation of workers meets with US House India Caucus Co-Chairman, Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA), on Jun 4, 2008.