(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.
Check out this video from the United Steelworkers (USW) about the struggle of workers on the Firestone rubber plantation in Liberia. The struggle for good working and living conditions for these workers continues today. Please keep checking this website in the next few weeks for new ways to take action!
Every year, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) releases an Annual Survey of violations of trade union rights. The 2008 report was released this week based on research from 2007. The section on Liberia (which can be found below) talks further about Firestone’s rubber plantation and trade union rights.
Liberia
Population: 3,800,000 / Capital: Monrovia
ILO Core Conventions [...]
By Ansu Konneh
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.’s Liberian rubber plantation, one of the world’s largest, will increase workers’ pay by 19.5 percent, backdated to January last year, a union official said.
The accord, the first to be signed by Firestone with its workers in Liberia in the 80 years it has operated in the west African [...]
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