Clean up our electorate!

Human trafficking - the buying and selling of people for the purpose of exploiting their labour - is now the world's third largest transnational crime, behind drugs and arms. It is a crime that is fuelled by the expanding demand of global consumers for cheap goods and services.

In Australia one of the biggest consumers is the Government. In 2007, Australian Government agencies spent 29 billion dollars purchasing goods and services. World Vision is asking the Australian Government to review their procurement supply chain. As a huge consumer of goods, a government review could positively impact labour exploitation in the Asia-Pacific region.

But it's not just in Canberra that change is needed. Your Federal Member of Parliament (MP) can get involved by taking action in your local community as well.

Write your postcode, name and email address in the e-card below to ask your Federal MP to help combat child labour, human trafficking and other forms of labour exploitation.

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Dear Representative,
			    
I am deeply concerned that the buying, selling and exploitation of people for their labour is now the world's third largest transnational crime, behind drugs and arms. It is a crime against an individual, their rights and dignity, and is fuelled by the ever expanding demands of global consumers for cheap goods and services.

Please take steps to clean up our electorate by tackling child labour, human trafficking and other forms of labour exploitation head-on by:

1.  Meeting with businesses in our community and encouraging them to have transparent, traceable, and independently verifiable supply chains that are free from labour exploitation

2.  Encouraging the Minister for Finance and Deregulation to review the Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines and sign ILO C94 so that human rights are taken into consideration when awarding contracts, in accordance with ILO core labour standards

3.  Ensuring your electoral offices are Fairtrade workplaces.

You can find out more about these opportunities at www.donttradelives.com.au/dtl/act.

Yours sincerely,

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Last Modified: Wednesday, 9 May 2012