Category Archives: Human Rights
- 22-8-2013
The River and the Raft, An Intimate Night of Dramatic Monologue Readings Based on Modern-Day Slavery Cases
The Thai Community Development Center presented an original production of monologue readings held at the Search to Involve Pilipino Americans Community Theater to give voice to the survivors of modern day slavery and commemorate the eighteen-year old battle that Thai CDC has been waging against this modern day scourge. True stories fused art with social Continue Reading
- 2-8-2013
1995 El Monte Thai Slavery Case: Reclaiming Our History and Forging Our Future
Hundreds of people joined together on Friday evening, August 2nd, at the corner of Hollywood and Western to commemorate the anniversary of the El Monte Thai Garment Slavery Case. Eighteen years ago, the Thai Community Development Center (Thai CDC) responded to the call for help of 72 Thai nationals who were held captive and forced Continue Reading
- 1-7-2013
Your Story Can Save Lives
- 20-2-2013
City of LA Reinstitutes the Office of Immigrant Affairs
LA’s City Council President and candidate for Mayor, Eric Garcetti, introduced a motion to re-establish an Office of Immigrant Affairs. The Office was first established in 2004 with the purpose of connecting the immigrant population with city services. Unfortunately because of shifting policy priorities at City Hall, the Office was dismantled. With the recent support Continue Reading
- 13-8-2012
Farmworkers’ Letter to Department of Justice
[fb_button] August 13, 2012 Eric Holder, Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 Re: Dismissal of Global Horizons Case Dear Attorney General Holder: We are the Thai farm workers who were victims of labor trafficking in the Global Horizons Manpower Case. It was not easy for us to come Continue Reading
- 13-8-2012
Department of Justice Drops Farmworkers’ Case
[fb_button] Thai Community Development Center Press Conference Response to Dismissal of US vs. Orian, et al Monday, August 13, 2012 10:00 am to 11:00 am Press Statement by Chanchanit Martorell, Thai CDC Executive Director Good morning, my name is Chanchanit Martorell, Executive Director of the Thai Community Development Center. Standing behind me are the Thai Continue Reading
- 21-4-2011
Federal Agency Accuses Beverly Hills Company of Trafficking Thai Farmworkers
April 21, 2011|By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accuses Global Horizons Manpower of Beverly Hills of subjecting Thai workers to illegal conditions on farms in Hawaii and Washington. The head of the firm is already facing a criminal trial on similar charges. In its largest farm labor trafficking case ever, Continue Reading
- 19-11-2010
Thai Human Trafficking Victims Reunite With Families
As their case against a Beverly Hills labor contracting firm looms, the future of a program to help them acclimate to American life is in doubt. November 19, 2010|By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times Recalling the last time he saw his family, he most remembers the tears shed as he left for what he thought Continue Reading
- 9-9-2010
Thai Workers Describe Being Lured into Slavery in U.S.
More than two dozen immigrants, covering their faces and continuing to fear for their safety, speak out about what authorities call the largest labor-trafficking case in U.S. history. September 09, 2010|By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times More than two dozen Thai farmworkers lined up in front of the Wat Thai Buddhist temple in Sun Valley Continue Reading
- 4-9-2010
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Associates of Beverly Hills Firm in Human Trafficking Case
In a ‘mind-boggling case,’ the owner and four employees of Global Horizons Manpower Inc. are indicted on charges of engaging in a conspiracy to coerce the labor of hundreds of Thai nationals September 04, 2010|By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times In 2003, a farmworker showed up in the Hollywood offices of a Thai community organization Continue Reading