(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.

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By Fatoumata Fofana
MONROVIA, At long last, the Firestone Agricultural Workers’ Union of Liberia (FAWUL) and the management of the Firestone Rubber Plantations Company have reached an agreement, wherein key areas of benefits including increment in wages for the workers would be granted.
During a brief meeting on Monday, August 4, 2008 with [...]

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By J. Nathaniel Daygbor
The Firestone Rubber Plantation Company in Harbel, Margibi County is making claims of gains it is making in its activities since the sitting of the Ellen-led government, such as housing and education, but a local environmental group thinks otherwise.
Save My Future Foundation (SAMFU) says the company is abusing its [...]

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In this video, Emira Woods, co-director of Foreign Policy in Focus, moderates a discussion at the Institute for Policy Studies on the Stop Firestone Campaign with Edwin Cisco (Secretary General of the Firestone Agricultural Workers Union of Liberia) and Christian Levesque (Conrad & Scherer).
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