Forced labour likely still rife at glove companies here and in Thailand, says activist

The United States has lifted a ban on products from a Malaysian medical glove maker with a history of forced labour.

Hall said the problem stems from recruitment fees which run into several thousand ringgit, which were later repaid by the migrant workers through debt bondage. He said “tens of thousands” of workers have yet to get these recruitment fees paid back to them, despite assurances by glove companies to do so.

‘These workers, some of the invisible heroes of modern times in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, deserve much more respect for the essential work they do. The US lifted a ban on a Malaysian glove manufacturer to meet the increasing demand for gloves arising from the Covid-19 outbreak in America.

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