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Doe v Nestle

The panel filed (1) an order amending its opinion, denying a petition for panel rehearing, and denying on behalf of the court a petition for rehearing en banc; and (2) …

Une plainte contre le gouvernement et le parlement béninois à Genève

La confédération syndicale des travailleurs du Bénin (Cstb) sous le leadership de son secrétaire général, Nagnini kassa Mampo, a saisi l’organisation internationale de travail (Oit) à l’effet d’amener le gouvernement …

More than 200 miners stage an underground sit-in to protest against the sexual harassment & victimization of a female worker

“More than 200 employees at Lanxess Chrome mine in Rustenburg have staged an underground sit-in to protest against the sexual harassment and victimisation of a female worker. The National Union …

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West African countries plan to hike cocoa prices, citing ‘injustice’ in chocolate industry. Can they reduce child labor?

While the global chocolate industry takes in an estimated $100 billion annually, many of the hundreds of thousands of West African cocoa farmers, who provide most of chocolate’s key ingredient, …

Vendors demand clear informal sector policy

GOVERNMENT and political parties should come up with clear policies on the management of the informal sector as well as strategies to incorporate it into the formal economy, vendors leaders …

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Domestic workers: overworked, underpaid and unprotected

Domestic workers wearing colourful coveralls, aprons and head wraps, some carrying mops and brooms, recently gathered at Church Square in Pretoria to highlight their struggles. Founding member of the United …

Devoir de vigilance : Total mis en demeure

Des associations mettent en demeure le pétrolier français au nom de la loi de 2017 sur le devoir de vigilance des multinationales. Elles mettent en cause un projet en Ouganda …

Formal notice to Total to comply with the Duty of Vigilance Law

  Formal notice to comply with the Duty of Vigilance Law – article L. 225-102-4.-I et II of the French commercial Code

Activists unite to fight corporate SLAPP suits

Legal suits designed to drain the resources of citizens and rights groups, known as strategic litigation against public participation, work to silence those most affected by big business. “SLAPP suit” …

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Investigative Report: Cocoa’s child laborers

Mars, Nestlé and Hershey pledged nearly two decades ago to stop using cocoa harvested by children. Yet much of the chocolate you buy still starts with child labor.  The world’s chocolate …

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