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Little attention has been given to roles played by human trafficking in health care organizations’ supply chains of key equipment, such as hand sanitizers and gloves.

Dr Hanni Stoklosa and Mike Schiller joins Ethics Talk to discuss their article, coauthored with Drs Mollie Gordon, Rebecca Chen, John Coverdale, and Phuong Nguyen: “How Should Health Care Organizations Limit Roles of Human Trafficking in Their Labor and Supply Chains?”

Dr Amanda Gray Rendón joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “A Case for Federal Labor Legislation to Protect Underpaid Home Care Workers.”

The National Domestic Workers Alliance continues to organize around adequate labor protections for members, including care workers.

Historical perspective on how some sites and means of professional caregiving became high or low status helps us understand trends in poor care continuity in US health care.

This article applies opinions to organizational obligations and interprofessional collaboration in health care.

Reasons to actively promote the interests of health workers earning low wages are numerous and urgent.

Some physicians who value collective bargaining remain concerned that patient services could suffer, but unionization can be driven by a focus on improving care.

Farmworkers can become ill due to toxic exposure in their work environments. Recommending specific restrictions, educating patients on protection strategies, and partnering with agribusiness owners and allied health workers can drive development of alternatives to agricultural practices with health risks.

Advancing the health of the global poor requires a “compass-based” framework that guides both morally sound and pragmatically effective action.