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 [...]

INTERNATIONAL LABOR RIGHTS FORUM | INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES
For Immediate Release
August 6, 2008
Contact: Tim Newman, tim.newman[at]ilrf.org, 202-347-4100 x113
Emira Woods, emira[at]ips-dc.org, 301-523-2979
FIRESTONE WORKERS IN LIBERIA SIGN HISTORIC CONTRACT
New Contract is a Major Victory for International Campaign Against Firestone
Workers on the world’s largest rubber plantation owned by Firestone in Liberia will sign a new collective bargaining agreement [...]

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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 [...]

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 [...]