Three enormous open-pit mines owned by Drummond Co. in northern Colombia dwarf the nearby town of La Loma, which sprang up after the U.S. company began extracting coal in 1995 and has grown to some 10,000 residents. Life in La Loma revolves around the mines. Packed company buses flood the town every 12 hours, at the 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. shift changes. After workers who have just completed their shifts empty out, the buses fill right back up with fresh replacements waiting to be taken to the mines t
Activists are again accusing Cargill and other major food companies of buying cocoa from West African farms that force children to work in unsafe conditions. A lawsuit filed Wednesday in
The lawsuit filed Tuesday seeks to have the federal government enforce a 1930s era federal law that requires the government to ban products created by child labor from entering the U.S.
WASHINGTON Child welfare advocates filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday asking a judge to force the Biden administration to block imports of cocoa harvested by children in West Africa.