Category Archives: News on Thai Community
- 9-3-2025
Advocates warn of worker exploitation in LA fire rebuilding effort
In the drive to quickly rebuild areas devastated by the recent L.A. fires, the most vulnerable workers could be exploited by unscrupulous employers. That’s the warning of a coalition of anti-trafficking and legal aid groups, whose leaders point to research linking a rise in worker abuse to natural disasters, most notably in the construction industry. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/advocates-warn-of-worker-exploitation-in-la-fire-rebuilding-effort/ar-AA1AyGch?ocid=BingNewsVerp
- 28-8-2024
The Thai Community Development Center invites you to its 30th Anniversary Event, “30 Years in the Fight for Human Rights, Justice, and Community”
The Thai Community Development Center invites you to its 30th Anniversary Event, “30 Years in the Fight for Human Rights, Justice, and Community,” where guests will enjoy a Night Under the Stars and dine on the Flavors of Thai Town prepared by @Siam Night Market Thai street food vendors on Thursday, October 24th, 2024 from 5:30PM to 8:30PM at the Historic Lombardi House in Hollywood. The event Continue Reading
- 25-5-2024
Finding a True Thai Night Market—in Hollywood
Opened in late 2023, atSiam night market brings Bangkok to Los Angeles. Read the AFAR article here… https://www.afar.com/magazine/new-thai-market-at-siam-night-market-opens-in-hollywood-ca
- 8-4-2024
Feds say LA poultry company used child labor for risky jobs then hid its product
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- 25-2-2024
How chicken processed with child labor ended up at Ralphs…
Read LA Time article here… https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-12-15/how-chicken-processed-with-child-labor-ended-up-at-ralphs-aldi
- 25-2-2024
L.A. company hired children to cut poultry with sharp knives, regulator says
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- 25-2-2024
Hidden in plain sight: How illicit massage parlors thrived in Greensboro and what is being done about it
- 25-2-2024
Dive Into a Bangkok Feast at Hollywood’s White-Hot Thai Night Market
Read LA Eater Article at… https://la.eater.com/2024/2/23/24080597/at-siam-night-market-hollywood-los-angeles-thai-food-event
- 28-10-2023
Chime TV Interview
Following the APAIT Human Trafficking Press Conference and Roundtable on October 19th, 2023, Thai CDC Executive Director, Chancee Martorell, was interviewed by Chime TV on its efforts to transform victims of human trafficking into a force for social change. The segment also includes an interview of the reigning Miss Universe, Rbonney Gabriel, who has been passionate Continue Reading
- 26-9-2023
Thai Workers’ Center
On August 2nd, 2023, Thai CDC marked 28 years of #freedom for over six dozen Thai workers who were liberated from the notorious makeshift garment factory in El Monte, CA where they were held against their will slaving away over sewing machines producing clothing for major manufacturers and retailers for years by holding a Press Continue Reading