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Addressing Modern Slavery reveals modern day challenge for everyone
A new book draws the links between consumers , business and government , and an estimated 40 million people in the world today who are modern-day slaves . Addressing Modern Slavery explains the global conditions that have allowed slavery to thrive to the point where there are more slaves today than ever before in human history .
Authors Associate Professor Justine Nolan from UNSW Sydney and Dr Martijn Boersma from UTS describe well-known examples from overseas , such as women in apparel sweatshops and children in brick kilns – but also examples that are closer to home . In 2017 , a Sydney cleaning company that provided services to Bunnings , Wilson Parking and NSW Ambulance was fined $ AU370,000 and ordered to backpay more than $ AU220,000 to 49 exploited cleaners . There have also been many instances of exploitation of seasonal farm workers in the Australian agricultural sector .
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Tackling modern-day slavery is everyone ’ s responsibility , say authors of new book
Illegally run sweat shops , children working in brick kilns , women being trafficked as sex workers . You may think slavery is over , but according to new book Addressing Modern Slavery , it is very much alive . Statistics say more than 40 million people around the world today are slaves – more than at any other point in history .
Written by Professor Justine Nolan from UNSW Sydney and Dr Martijn Boersma from UTS , the book lays bare the links between government , business and our modern lifestyles , exploring how together they are fuelling slavery ’ s steady growth . It ’ s packed with well-known examples from abroad but it is the domestic cases – such as the Sydney cleaning company fined $ 370,000 for exploiting workers – that hit close to home .
By drawing connections between consumer behaviour and the modern-day slave trade , the authors show how Australians individually and collectively can take steps towards change .
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