Subject: Who is Free to Work?
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Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 18:17:32 +0000
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** Elin Eriksson is Free2Work!
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“If you’ve been to a factory in China, breathed the poor air quality, seen teenagers working long hours, it never really leaves you.”

So shares Elin Eriksson, who manages Not For Sale’s business and supply chain engagement and oversees the Free2Work project.
Elin has been active in the labor rights field for the past 5 years, receiving her MBA in the field from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and conducting labor rights in various international settings.

During her masters, she conducted a field study in Indonesia on how local laborers view and engage with corporate codes of conduct. She continued her research as a post-graduate research assistant working in the project Tracing Sustainable Supply Chains, and participated in social compliance audits in China. “After Indonesia, I was hooked. I knew I wanted to do something in sustainable supply chains, particularly on workers and the potential of business to drive social impact,” says Elin.

Elin was first introduced  to Not For Sale as an undergrad when she heard David Batstone speak at a campus in Hawaii. “I remember I was just about to choose a topic for my bachelor’s thesis when Dave introduced the Free2Work app and the work of Not For Sale,” shares Elin. “I was really inspired. I thought it was brilliant.”

“I wrote Not For Sale and Free2Work on a piece of paper and kept it in my wallet for almost two years. One day, after I had received my masters and was looking for my next step, I came across this slip of paper and remembered Dave’s talk. The rest is history.”

Most recently, Elin has been working on a Not For Sale project in collaboration with the European Commission to equip businesses with anti-trafficking.  “The goal is to create different resources so companies can address human trafficking through their business operations and in their supply chains,” shares Elin. “We are creating an online tool that trains employees on what human trafficking is, and provides guidelines for the employment of  survivors and protection of workers in global supply chains.” The Business Against Slavery toolkit will be launched in Europe later this year.

“My desire is for businesses to realize that they can impact this issue in a fundamental way,” says Elin.
“No matter the industry, or the size of the company, a business can impact the world in a positive way.”

The "Business Against Slavery" toolkit features a short video about what consumers can do to fight human trafficking.
Click on the photo below to view the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdL_vV_07vo
More on Free2Work (http://www.free2work.org/)
Join the Movement (http://https//www.notforsalecampaign.org/donate/)

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