AFL-CIO Condemns State Department’s Upgrade of Malaysia on Trafficking List

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2015.  Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the U.S. Government upgrading of Malaysia on its annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report:

This decision is wrong and outrageous. It is a political decision that undermines the integrity of the TIP Report and signals that the U.S. is willing to turn a blind eye to modern slavery and grave human and labor rights abuses in order to advance its trade agenda.

The administration…