Nichols Kaster and Justice Catalyst Law File Labor Trafficking Class Action Against The Salvation Army
CHICAGO, Nov. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- On November 15, 2021, former Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center ("ARC") program participants, on behalf of themselves and a class of current and former participants, filed suit against The Salvation Army National Corporation and The Salvation Army, d/b/a Central Territorial of the Salvation Army, alleging that The Salvation Army required them to perform forced labor in violation of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act ("TVPRA"), and seeking relief and damages.
- CHICAGO, Nov. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- On November 15, 2021, former Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center ("ARC") program participants, on behalf of themselves and a class of current and former participants, filed suit against The Salvation Army National Corporation and The Salvation Army, d/b/a Central Territorial of the Salvation Army, alleging that The Salvation Army required them to perform forced labor in violation of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act ("TVPRA"), and seeking relief and damages.
- The action was filed by Nichols Kaster, PLLP, Justice Catalyst Law, and Fish Potter Bolaos, PC representing the Plaintiffs.
- Plaintiffs allege that The Salvation Army exploits these participants' financial vulnerability and food and housing insecurity to coerce forced labor from them.
- The case is titled Taylor, et al v. The Salvation Army National Corp. and The Salvation Army d/b/a Central Territorial of the Salvation Army an Illinois Corp., Case No.