(Pittsburgh) — The United Steelworkers (USW) today congratulated the Firestone Agricultural Workers Union of Liberia (FAWUL) on achieving a new collective bargaining agreement at the Firestone rubber plantation in Liberia.  The agreement contains a landmark provision to change the method of transporting latex to weigh stations.
“Since 1926, rubber tappers have carried a heavy load across [...]

Labor rights abuses on Bridgestone Firestone’s rubber plantation in Liberia were noted in the newly released Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Union Rights from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).  To read the Liberia section of the report, please click here.

As sports fans gear up for the NFL Super Bowl next week, the Halftime show sponsor, Bridgestone/Firestone, continues to exploit workers on its rubber plantation in Liberia.
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The majority of workers who labor as “rubber tappers” must carry two heavy buckets of raw latex weighing 75 pounds each on both [...]

Pursuant to the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005, the US Department of Labor has released a list of 122 goods from 58 countries that are produced by forced labor or child labor.  Included in the list is rubber from Liberia.
To see a PDF of the list, please click here.
For background on the list, [...]

Read the new report online here!
The International Labor Rights Forum has released a new report about labor rights abuses on the Firestone plantation in Liberia.  This report shows how Firestone has violated all of the fundamental labor rights as recognized by the International Labor Organization in its Liberia operations.  Additionally, the report explains how child [...]