The Quest to End Modern Slavery: Metaphors in corporate modern slavery statements
Channel: GAATW IS
Date: 2019-09-06

Ilse A. Ras and Christiana Gregoriou speak about their article, which analyses the metaphors used in corporate modern slavery statements published by three UK high street retailers. They find that the metaphors used in these statements generally fail to acknowledge the agency of those workers affected by modern slavery and labour exploitation in a broader sense, the potential complicity of the retailers in sustaining an exploitative industry, and the underlying socio-economic factors that leave workers vulnerable to exploitation. 

The article will be available from 27 September at http://www.antitraffickingreview.org/