The Coca-Cola Company, American corporation founded in 1892 and today engaged primarily in the manufacture and sale of syrup and concentrate for Coca-Cola (Coke), a sweetened carbonated beverage that is a cultural institution in the United States. The company also produces and sells other beverages.
For over six decades Colombia has been locked in a vicious civil war, and explosive testimony from a senior paramilitary commander suggests energy companies helped fund it
Recently released documents disclosed by the Obama Justice Department only after a court battle reveal that the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice is engaging in politicized hiring in the career civil service ranks. Typical Washington behavior, you say? Except the hiring in question is nearly unprecedented in scope and significantly eclipses anything the Bush administration was even accused of doing. And the evidence of the current political activity is far less impeachable than what was behind the libelous attacks leveled at officials from the Bush years.
The US and the Dominican Republic Friday jointly announced the formation of a technical working group to address alleged labor violations in the latter s sugar sector. The announcement touts the new w.
Alien Tort Claims Act Lawsuit Alleges Slavery and Child Labor on Liberian Firestone Plantation Last month, the International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF) filed an Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) case in US District Court in California against Bridgestone alleging forced labor, the modern equivalent of slavery on the Firestone Plantation in Harbel, Liberia. We ve had a policy in place for many years against child labor there are strict guidelines forbidding the use of children as laborers, [Dan MacDonald, director of media relations for Bridgestone-Firestone] said. [also refers to Unocal (part of Chevron), Wal-Mart] Part of the following stories
Human rights lawsuit in US against Bridgestone-Firestone alleges forced & child labour on Liberia plantation (SocialFunds.com article)