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By James Butty
Human rights activists will hold a demonstration Wednesday in Washington in front of a public relations office representing the Bridgestone/Firestone Rubber Company. Today’s protest comes on the heel of a new report which accuses the company of a wide range of abuses on its plantation in [...]
Click here to read a new report from the Save My Future Foundation about Firestone’s human rights, labor rights and environmental abuses in its rubber plantation in Liberia.
Check out the press release below:
INTERNATIONAL LABOR RIGHTS FORUM * INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES * SAVE MY FUTURE FOUNDATION (LIBERIA)
Contact: Tim Newman, tim.newman [at] ilrf.org; +1-202-347-4100
Emira [...]
The Stop Firestone Coalition Invites You:
The Heavy Load:
A discussion about Firestone’s abuses in Liberia
FRIDAY, July 18, 2008
12:30PM – 2:00PM
Institute for Policy Studies
1112 16th St. NW, Suite 600
Washington DC, 20036
(Nearest Metro: Farragut North)
Please join us for a discussion about Bridgestone/Firestone’s labor rights and environmental abuses on its rubber plantation in Liberia. We will be formally [...]
As John Tuohy’s recent article shows (”300 to lose jobs when Bridgestone Firestone shuts Noblesville plant in ‘09,” June 30), the tire company has little respect for the rights of its workers.
The Firestone Industrial Products representative even explicitly says that part of the reason for closing the plant is because it is its only unionized [...]
Let Firestone know you demand change. Ask President Dan Adomitis to end the exploitation of Liberia's land, children, and workers.
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