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US – Liberia: Firestone Dodges Claims of Liberian Child Labor – Courthouse News Service

By Umbrellus LLC

Posted July 14, 2011

In Agriculture, Child labor in rubber plantations, Child Labor News, Children in the Fields, U.S. News

Firestone Dodges Claims of Liberian Child Labor
Courthouse News Service
(CN) – There is not enough evidence to support allegations that Firestone Natural Rubber illegally used child labor at one of its Liberia plantations, the 7th Circuit ruled. Filed on behalf of 23 Liberian children, the suit accused …
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