Thursday, February 23, 2017

CHILD LABOR AT INDONESIAN PALM OIL PLANTATIONS, ALLEGED NEWS



CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS EIGHT WORKED IN 'HAZARDOUS' CONDITIONS AT PROPERTIES RUN BY SINGAPORE-BASED WILMAR INTERNATIONAL ON KALIMANTAN AND SUMATRA: ALLEGED NEWS. [1]
Global consumer companies, including Unilever, Nestle, Kellogg and Procter & Gamble have sourced palm oil from Indonesian plantations where labor abuses were uncovered, according to Amnesty International: Alleged News. [1]

Nine multinational companies; Alleged News
Amnesty, which reportedly said it interviewed 120 workers, alleged that many of them worked long hours for low pay and without adequate safety equipment: Alleged News. [1]
  The palm oil from these plantations could be traced to nine multinational companies, Amnesty said; Alleged News. [1]

Wilmar, Alleged News
The NGO apprised that it chose Wilmar as the focus of its investigation as the company is the world's largest processor and merchandiser of palm and lauric oils, controlling more than 43 percent of the global palm oil trade; Alleged News. [1]


WHY NOT SIGN THE PETITION?
WILMAR, END WORKER ABUSE AND CHILD LABOR ON PALM OIL PLANTATIONS, ALLEGED NEWS
The petition can be found at
thepetitionsite.com



[1] Amnesty finds child labor at Indonesian palm oil plantations, Alleged News
http://www.atimes.com/article/amnesty-reports-child-labor-indonesian-palm-oil-plantations/


With thanks to thepetitionsite.com and atimes.com

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