June 15, 2026 — Tuna company Bumble Bee Foods will continue to face a lawsuit stating it is financially liable for forced labor that allegedly took place aboard some of the vessels that supply the company with tuna.
Bumble Bee won a partial victory in early June that denied plaintiffs in Akhmad et al. v. Bumble Bee Foods injunctive relief, meaning the company was not forced to grant several requests by the plaintiffs. In another court filing on 11 June, Bumble Bee was denied a separate motion for reconsideration, meaning Chief Judge Cynthia Bashant has allowed the fishers to continue to pursue the forced labor lawsuit.