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Link: Doi Chaang Coffee -- Beyond Fair Trade
- 7.29.2010 Taken from Doi Chaang's website - Sustainable Agriculture: "Under the structure of Doi Chaang Coffee Company, our farmers enjoy a carried position in what is essentially an equal partnership. First, the farmers are paid in excess of the price recommended by the Fair Trade Organization for their green beans. And they retain 100% of the proceeds from the sale of their beans. Second, in appreciation of the value of their contribution to the venture and the desire to improve the Thai farmers' living standards, the Canadian group "gifted" the Thai farmers a carried 50% interest of the Canadian company, Doi Chaang Coffee Company. Over the next five years, annual coffee production is projected to increase to 4,000 tons, of which approximately 60% (2400 tons) of production will qualify as Premium Grade A beans and 5% (200 tons) will qualify as Peaberry beans. Only those superior beans will be sold under the name Doi Chaang Coffee Company, while the other 35% of production, comprising of various sized and broken beans, will be sold directly by the Thai farmers, for their sole benefit, to international coffee buyers. Doi Chaang Coffee Company is based in Vancouver, Canada, and the roasting facility is located in Calgary, Canada." ... |
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Link: Sustainability Report from Ali Trading (ZIP file)
- 7.14.2010 This is a detailed report describing the compliance program put in place by Ali Trading. ... |
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Link: Former Nike Workers Address Labor Violations
- 4.20.2010 Former Nike workers from Honduras speak about the failure to pay severance pay, inadequate medical care and attempts to organize a union. ... |
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Link: Microsoft accused of child labor
- 4.15.2010 Microsoft is getting hammered by the National Labor Committee over the working conditions at the factory of one its suppliers in China, called KYE. NLC alleges that KYE pays workers -- some of them children -- $.65 per hour to work 16.5 hour days. Over the past three years, unprecedented photographs of exhausted teenaged workers, toiling and slumping asleep on their assembly line during break time, have been smuggled out of the KYE factory. KYE recruits hundreds-even up to 1,000-"work study students" 16 and 17 years of age, who work 15-hour shifts, six and seven days a week. In 2007 and 2008, dozens of the work study students were reported to be just 14 and 15 years old. A typical shift is from 7:45 a.m. to 10:55 p.m. ... |
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Article: Is the BBC Fair to Fair Trade?
- 3.29.2010 This is a response from the International Labor Rights Forum to a recent BBC report about labor problems on Fair Trade Certified cocoa farms in West Africa. ... |
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Article: Nokia and illegal child labour in Africa
- 3.10.2010 What are Nokia's plans to ensure that phones are not financing conflict or propping up illegal child labour in Africa ... |
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Article: Nestle's Response to my letter
- 3.8.2010 I wrote a letter to Nestle stating: http://free2work.org/corp/1143/Nestlé I'm writing in response to the information listed on your company at the above website. Would you consider reviewing this information and looking at one additional page. http://www.free2work.org/company-resources. This page suggests actions that companies can take to better protect the workers in their supply chain, especially cocoa farmers who might use child or forced labor. Thank you very much for your time! Ashley Pettus, a concerned consumer who loves Nestle products ... |
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Article: Apple Audits Labor Practices
- 3.1.2010 Company Says Suppliers Hired Underage Workers, Violated Other Core Policies ... |
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Article: Apple admits using child labour
- 2.28.2010 Apple has admitted that child labour was used at the factories that build its computers, iPods and mobile phones. ... |
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Article: Apple issues report on supplier responsibility
- 2.24.2010 Apple has published an extensive report on supplier responsibility that addresses how the company works to ensure that all of its business partners are fair and socially progressive. ... |
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