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Confectionery Giant Haribo Accused of Slavery in Brazil
Topic Started: Nov 4 2017, 09:00 AM (132 Views)
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Published 3 November 2017 (14 hours 2 minutes ago)

Workers harvesting palm leaves to make wax for use in sweets were forced to sleep outside, denied clean drinking water and paid US$12 a day, according to a German documentary.
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Edited by Demagogue, Feb 19 2018, 01:01 PM.
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Che On The Rocks
Nov 4 2017, 09:00 AM
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Published 3 November 2017 (14 hours 2 minutes ago)

Workers harvesting palm leaves to make wax for use in sweets were forced to sleep outside, denied clean drinking water and paid US$12 a day, according to a German documentary.
teleSUR
$12 a day in northern Brazil is high pay, especially when they have no housing costs.....No one has access to clean drinking water in that region....Slaves aren't paid squat............. :oyvey
Edited by Robert Stout, Nov 4 2017, 12:25 PM.
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This thread is the continuation of this other. Besides:

Brazil: UN Slams Temer's Decree on Slave Labor
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One of the measures outlined in the decree redefines slavery as being confined to "restrictions on the freedom of movement" of workers.
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Former slave Adauto Iz'dio Ferreira (R) next to his teammate at the construction site of the Arena Pantanal stadium in Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil. | Photo: Reuters
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One in 10 senior politicians in Brazil funded by companies 'linked to slavery'
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Investigation finds President Michel Temer among 51 politicians who received donations from firms accused of labour abuses
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Isn't this the candy company that makes those sugar free gummi bears that give everyone who eats them violent intestinal feedback?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/samlemonick/2016/10/28/that-time-gummy-bears-gave-everyone-diarrhea/#2cadf6d43618

that's probably an appropriate link for most of che's threads
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Nov 13 2017, 04:32 AM
This thread is the continuation of this other. Besides:

Brazil: UN Slams Temer's Decree on Slave Labor
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One of the measures outlined in the decree redefines slavery as being confined to "restrictions on the freedom of movement" of workers.
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Former slave Adauto Iz'dio Ferreira (R) next to his teammate at the construction site of the Arena Pantanal stadium in Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil. | Photo: Reuters
Joining the military is slavery ???................. :confused:
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jake58
Feb 19 2018, 05:37 PM
that's probably an appropriate link for most of che's threads
Does that mean that you are my cleaning lady? :biggrin:
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Slave Labor, Deforestation and Greed Create Crisis in Brazilian Countryside
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By: Gabriel Leao / The Dawn News / February 8, 2018
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