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.
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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 [...]

When Liberia finally emerged from years of civil war, a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was established to “promote national peace, security, unity and reconciliation” and to investigate human rights violations that occurred.  On July 1, 2009, the TRC released its final report which is available online here.  Throughout the report, the TRC mentions [...]

Liberian Activists Speak Out!

For over 80 years, the Bridgestone Firestone tire company has owned the world’s largest rubber plantation in Liberia.  Child labor, widespread abuse of worker’s rights and environmental destruction have characterized the plantation for generations.  But workers and communities affected by Firestone’s abuses are fighting back.  Come hear [...]