U.S. Lawsuit Accuses Tire Maker of Using Slave Labor in Liberia
Charleston Gazette › November 18, 2005
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LOS ANGELES - A federal lawsuit filed Thursday accuses tire maker Bridgestone Firestone of employing slave labor and child labor on its massive rubber plantation in Liberia.
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court, seeks class action on behalf of 12 adult workers and 23 children who work and live on the "Firestone Plantation" in Harbel, Liberia.See the full content of this document
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U.S. Lawsuit Accuses Tire Maker of Using Slave Labor in Liberia
The suit claims the workers are trapped in a "gulag of misery" and forced to work under conditions t...
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