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Monday, December 12, 2005

Firestone hit with lawsuit over slave-like conditions

Tire Giant Firestone Hit with Lawsuit over Slave-Like Conditions at Rubber Plantation

"UNITED NATIONS - Firestone, a multinational rubber manufacturing giant known for its automobile tires, has come under fire from human rights and environmental groups for its alleged use of child labor and slave-like working conditions at a plantation in Liberia.

"Recently, the International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF), a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, filed a lawsuit charging that thousands of workers, including minors, toil in virtual slavery at Bridgestone's Firestone rubber plantation in Liberia ..."
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