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Farm Bosses Plead Guilty to Enslaving Immokalee Workers in Florida Tomato Harvest
Business  (tags: Florida, Immokalee, Slavery, human rights, labor laws, successful prosecution, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Florida Tomato Growers Exchange, industry-friendly, "third-party" monitoring group, Intertek, Burger King, slavery charges )

Jill
- 34 days ago - ciw-online.org
Yesterday, at federal court in Ft.Myers, FL, farm bosses from Immokalee pleaded guilty to "numerous charges of enslaving Mexican & Guatemalan immigrants, brutalizing them & forcing them to work in farm fields, 1 of most extreme stories of exploitation...
US Contractor in Iraq KBR Accused of Slavery
Business  (tags: slave labor, corruption, colonialism )

Blue Apes
- 40 days ago - alternet.org
As Labor Day approaches at home,a Washington law firm, have filed a suit against US contractor KBR.This concerns,an apparent case of forced labour,involving a number of Nepalise workers.
How Corporations Enforce Their Patents
Business  (tags: green, environment, health, humans, investigation, NewTechnology, technology, food, environment, ethics, exercise, government, health, science, abuse, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, farming, farms )

Brendan
- 44 days ago - columban.com
Campaigns have been launched against people who challenge the claims of the biotech world.
Women Still Earn Less Than Men in Europe
Business  (tags: abuse, business, corporate, economy, ethics, finance, humans, labor, law, lies, money, news, politics, society, world )

Club
- 49 days ago - news.varadinum.com
Eurofound Publishes Annual Report on Pay Increases Across the European Union
Social Media and Customer Service for Green Businesses
Business  (tags: green business, social media, web 2.0, customer service, customer advocacy, pete blackshaw )

Leah
- 49 days ago - ecopreneurist.com
Pete Blackshaw's book "Satisfied Customers Tell Three Friends. Angry Customers Tell 3,000" is particularly relevant to green business entrepreneurs. And the Ecopreneurist bloggers have helpful tips for improving customer service and customer advocacy.
Saudi Arabian Responsible Competitiveness Award Launched
Business  (tags: economy, business, SustainableDevelopment, ethics, CSR, accountability, reporting, GoodNews, corporate, society )

Dima
- 61 days ago - accountability21.net
The Responsible Competitiveness Initiative is a key part of the Kingdom's strategy to become one of the most competitive and responsible economies in the world.
Chevron 'A+,' Google 'F' In Sustainability Reporting Efforts
Business  (tags: sustainability, corporate social responsibility, CSR, reporting, accountibility, business ethics, business, corporate, SustainableDevelopment )

Dima
- 112 days ago - environmentalleader.com
An analysis of the social responsibility reporting efforts of California's largest corporations finds that Chevron and Walt Disney publicized their sustainability on their Web sites while others like Google and Apple rarely mentioned the subject if at all
Running On Empty - People Need Some Reason to Believe - Jackson Browne
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Business  (tags: Running On Empty - People need some reas )

Scott
- 118 days ago - youtube.com
Everyone I know, everywhere I go People need some reason to believe I don't know about anyone but me If it takes all night, that'll be all right If I can get you to smile before I leave
Food Prices to Rise 9 Percent a Year: Analyst
Business  (tags: business, consumers, humans, food prices, economy )

Cal
- 133 days ago - reuters.com
U.S. food prices will rise a stiff 9 percent a year through 2012, the largest increase since 1979 and the result of record-high crop prices, the head of an economic consulting company said
Victory! Burger King Agrees to Wage Increase for Tomato Pickers
Business  (tags: Burger king business corporate news good )

Tim
- 133 days ago - oxfamamerica.org
A year after the Coalition of Immokalee Workers launched its campaign to get the fast food giant to join McDonald's and Yum! Brands in paying field hands in their supply chain a penny more for every pound of tomatoes they picked, Burger King relented.
 
 
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