Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09NASSAU242
2009-04-17 14:46:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Nassau
Cable title:
BAHAMAS: NO INFORMATION ON FORCED OR CHILD LABOR
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UNCLAS NASSAU 000242
SIPDIS
DOL/ILAB FOR LEYLA STROTKAMP, DRL/ILCSR FOR MARK
MITTELHAUSER, G/TIP STEVE STEINER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI BF
SUBJECT: BAHAMAS: NO INFORMATION ON FORCED OR CHILD LABOR
IN PRODUCTION
REF: STATE 21472
UNCLAS NASSAU 000242
SIPDIS
DOL/ILAB FOR LEYLA STROTKAMP, DRL/ILCSR FOR MARK
MITTELHAUSER, G/TIP STEVE STEINER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI BF
SUBJECT: BAHAMAS: NO INFORMATION ON FORCED OR CHILD LABOR
IN PRODUCTION
REF: STATE 21472
1. (U) The Bahamas is an overwhelmingly service-based
economy with tourism and financial services accounting for
some 80% of economic activity. Migrant laborers, most
susceptible to potential labor and other abuses, are also
generally engaged in services, domestic or household,
construction, or small-scale agriculture (it is impossible to
identify problems associated with any specific commodity).
2. (U) Post has received no reports of child labor or forced
labor related to the production of goods in the past several
years. Available data on possible labor trafficking is
extremely limited, largely anecdotal, and generally unrelated
to production of any sort. Neither government nor NGO
contacts cite child labor or forced labor for production of
goods, or for that matter in services, as issues of
particular concern in The Bahamas. Abuses that may occur or
go unreported are generally thought to be confined to the
service sector.
3. (U) Post is not aware of any research revealing linkages
between forced or child labor and the production of goods in
The Bahamas.
ZUNIGA-BROWN
SIPDIS
DOL/ILAB FOR LEYLA STROTKAMP, DRL/ILCSR FOR MARK
MITTELHAUSER, G/TIP STEVE STEINER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI BF
SUBJECT: BAHAMAS: NO INFORMATION ON FORCED OR CHILD LABOR
IN PRODUCTION
REF: STATE 21472
1. (U) The Bahamas is an overwhelmingly service-based
economy with tourism and financial services accounting for
some 80% of economic activity. Migrant laborers, most
susceptible to potential labor and other abuses, are also
generally engaged in services, domestic or household,
construction, or small-scale agriculture (it is impossible to
identify problems associated with any specific commodity).
2. (U) Post has received no reports of child labor or forced
labor related to the production of goods in the past several
years. Available data on possible labor trafficking is
extremely limited, largely anecdotal, and generally unrelated
to production of any sort. Neither government nor NGO
contacts cite child labor or forced labor for production of
goods, or for that matter in services, as issues of
particular concern in The Bahamas. Abuses that may occur or
go unreported are generally thought to be confined to the
service sector.
3. (U) Post is not aware of any research revealing linkages
between forced or child labor and the production of goods in
The Bahamas.
ZUNIGA-BROWN