The forced work of Brazilian coffee, says complaints to the American authorities

The definitions are not the only threat to the major companies that sell coffee in the United States. On Thursday, a group of management monitoring was presented to the Trump administration to prevent coffee imports that it says produced with forced workers that resemble modern slavery in Brazil, the largest coffee farmer in the world.

the Seam to customs and border protectionThe non -profitment The Coffee Watch, named Starbucks, the largest coffee retail store in the country, as well as Nestle, Denkin, Eli, McDonald’s and Jacobs Duwa Igberz, the owner of Pete, as companies that depend on doubtful sources. It asks the Trump administration not to allow the distribution of any imports of Brazil that depends on “completely or partially” on human trafficking and forced work.

“This is not a matter of some bad actors,” said Atal Higonite, founder and director of coffee, in statement. “We are exposed to a firm system that underestimates millions of extreme poverty and thousands of explicit slavery.”

The American procedure request was raised day after another group, international rights advocates, Filed a lawsuit against Starbucks in the Federal Court On behalf of eight Brazilians, they were traded Be forced Terry Kulingsworth, a human rights lawyer and founder of the group, said in “slavery -like conditions.”

The lawsuit seeks to obtain a certificate as a collective procedure that represents thousands of workers who say they faced the same ordeal during the coffee harvest of the main Starbucks resource and regional farmers in Brazil called Cooxupé.

“There should be a responsible Starbucks,” said Mr. Kulingsworth in an interview.

Amber Stafford, a Sterpex spokesperson, denied allegations and said that the company is committed to moral savings, including assistance in protecting the rights of people working on farms. “The cornerstone of our work is Coffee and farmers practices (café) She said in an email:

Mr. Kulingworth claims that despite the verification program, the company did not make its practices transparent. He said that the lawsuit will help his group obtain more information about the company’s supply chains.

Many companies called petition to ban imports, along with the rain forestry alliance, are involved in Sustainable coffee challengeWhich includes its declared goals improving many agricultural workers. Regardless of Starbucks, companies either did not respond to suspension requests or refused to do so.

Al -Da`wah groups issued a joint statement on Thursday, saying that their efforts are “hidden cost behind one of the most beloved goods in the country: coffee.”

The goal of the groups is to disrupt a segment of the Brazilian coffee industry that they say is partially providing companies abroad by trafficking with vulnerable workers. They say that the coffee sector in Brazil was based on slavery and continued to rely on it, although Brazil canceled slavery in 1888.

The groups say that illegal workers – known as “Gatus” or “cats” – are looking for workers from poor rural societies, and some of their residents are of worshiping people, and they present wrong representations about jobs and progress in money for food and travel. The workers end in the “bondage of debt”, who owe what they owe by harvesting coffee under circumstances that are not completely different from their worshiped ancestors.

last Human rights groupsBesides News organizations and The United States government I reported similar results.

In April, four coffee producers who are part of Cooxupé Collective were added to A. Black slave menu By the Brazilian authorities after the inspectors found dozens of workers, including a teenager, who are exposed to conditions closer to slavery Brazil reporterBrazilian non -profit.

In some cases, workers do not have running water, beds or toilets, according to the invitation groups. They work for long hours without protective equipment and often do not receive their full wages or any salaries.

The Brazilian government has been repeatedly taken, but because harvesting coffee is a seasonal activity, it is not subject to monitoring like other areas of work.

The eight workers in Starbucks complain have blocked their names for fear of revenge at home. “These travelers are dangerous youth,” said Mr. Kulinglhth. He said that workers who are trying to leave or report violations are facing death threats and are often prevented from leaving the farms.

Al -Dawa groups said that legal procedures were based on records of the Brazilian authorities, non -profit organizations and journalists “showing a continuous pattern of employment violations in the coffee sector in Brazil,” said the calling groups. It is claimed that the system that the regime is reliable abroad and who depend on the Brazilian suppliers – and the unintended American consumers by unexpected American consumers.

“No coffee should be entered from the American homes,” Ms. Higonite said of coffee.