The human rights practitioners working in the plantation sector is referred to "Firestone: The mark of Modern Slavery" - a publication of The Save My Future Foundation, which is a non-governmental organization established in 1987 by a renowned Catholic and two conservationists.
This report is the result of an inquiry into Liberia’s Firestone Rubber Plantation Company’s 69 yrs of operation. It raises three interrelated issues of human rights abuses, unfair labour practices and environmental pollution.
The report reveals that Firestone between 2000 and 2003 exported about 167,165 tons of dry rubber from the country. The market value as well as the company’s income is not known since the Company does not publish her tax returnes and revenue intake. This report also reveals that Firestone’s facilities have not been upgraded, and bulk of its labor force live in dilapidated buildings and do not have access to safe drinking water. They also live in quarters with poor sanitary conditions, lack of a high school, electricity even though the Company operates a dam and other equipments that provide these facilities for senior staff members and their families. For details contact samful@yahoo.com. (Summarized by Bipin Adhikari)
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