USA: Court denies request to order changes to Bumble Bee Foods' supply-chain practices in Indonesian fishers' forced labour case
"Bumble Bee wins partial victory in labor lawsuit, but core claims for civil damages remain", 1 June 2026
Tuna company Bumble Bee Foods won a partial victory in an ongoing lawsuit that alleges the company is financially liable for forced labor that took place aboard vessels that supply it with tuna...
Bumble Bee successfully defended itself against any injunctive relief, meaning the company will not be forced to grant several requests by the plaintiffs...
...U.S. District Court Judge Cynthia Bashant ruled that the plaintiffs are not experiencing sufficient ongoing harm for the court to grant them injunctive relief but also kept the door open to the potential of civil damages against Bumble Bee...
...several other key aspects of the lawsuit will move forward as she also issued an order denying in part some of Bumble Bee’s other motions...
NGO Greenpeace said those denials are a big win for the fishers and for labor rights activists...