Milwaukee Tool Sued for Prison Labor

Posted 6/28/24

Milwaukee Tool faces allegations of utilizing forced labor in a Chinese prison factory to manufacture work gloves, where workers endured harsh conditions, including beatings and torture.

The lawsuit, filed on Thursday in the U.S. District Court in Milwaukee, asserts that the  company either knew or should have known that the gloves were produced through forced labor, contravening the U.S. Trafficking Victim Protection Act.

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