Posts Tagged Minerals

Virginia Senator, Congolese refugee push ban on slave labor-linked procurement

African children receive donations from Aid To The Cry Of The Oppressed In Africa in 2023. (Credit: Aid To The Cry Of The Oppressed In Africa / Facebook)

Concerns about the use of slave labor and subhuman working conditions were the subject of a recent Virginia Procurement workgroup meeting. The committee heard about the subject after a senator offered a bill banning the state’s purchase of materials made in such conditions. Brad Kutner has more from Richmond.

,

Leave a comment