Entries by Connie Rab

Supporting Workers in the Seafood Processing Industry

  Published April 6, 2026 by Chavi Keeney Nana, ICCR’s Director of Equitable Global Supply Chains, original article here On March 13, 2026, ICCR staff, investors from Oxfam, Trillium, and Northstar Asset Management, as well as a representative from the Accountability Research Center (ARC) at American University, attended a site visit to the Port of New Bedford, which is the largest commercial fishing port in […]

Workers from Massachusetts and Rhode Island File Federal Lawsuit Against Major New England Seafood Company for Extortion and Wage Theft Practices

[Español abajo] October 27, 2025 Press Contacts:  Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores (for inquiries in Spanish):  Adrian Ventura (aventura@cct-newbedford.org, 774-961-8283) Justice at Work:  Connie Rab (crab@jatwork.org, 617-371-8952)   Workers from Massachusetts and Rhode Island File Federal Lawsuit Against Major New England Seafood Company for Extortion and Wage Theft Practices Plaintiffs sue Marder Trawling, Inc., Workforce Unlimited, […]

Immigrant Youth Sue Seafood Company for Child Labor Abuses

[Español abajo] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 24, 2024 Press Contacts:  Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) at Yale Law School: Jordan Cozby (jordan.cozby@ylsclinics.org, 256-289-3534) Justice at Work: Connie Rab (crab@jatwork.org, 617-371-8952)    Three Immigrant Children File Federal Lawsuit Against Major New England Seafood Company for Exploitative Child Labor Practices Plaintiffs sue Raw Seafoods, Inc., […]