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  • The Heavy Load
  • Save My Future Foundation (SAMFU) 7/18/2008
  • This report from Liberian-based Stop Firestone coalition member, the Save My Future Foundation, details human rights, labor and environmental abuses on the Firestone rubber plantation in Liberia.

  • The Cocoa Protocol: Success or Failure?
  • International Labor Rights Forum 6/30/2008
  • This report is our newest analysis of the implementation of the Harkin-Engel Protocol which was meant to eliminate child labor in the cocoa industry in West Africa. It was issued in advance of the July 1, 2008 Protocol deadline which is described in the report.

  • Letters Regarding Cocoa Industry "Certification"
  • 6/17/2008
  • A number of organizations and chocolate companies sent these letters to Senator Harkin and Representative Engel expressing concern about the way the big chocolate companies have defined "certification" as part of the Harkin-Engel Protocol which is meant to end the worst forms of child labor in the cocoa industry.

  • World Day Against Child Labor Letter to Firestone
  • 6/12/2008
  • In honor of World Day Against Child Labor, deliver this letter to your local Firestone Complete Auto Care store (find your local store here). Tell Firestone to stop using child labor on their rubber plantation in Liberia.

  • Wal-Mart Shareholder Meeting 2008 Speech
  • Trina Tocco 6/6/2008
  • Trina Tocco, ILRF's Campaign Coordinator spoke at Wal-Mart's Shareholder Meeting on June 6, 2008 to defend Resolution #7 which calls for the Establishment of a Human Rights Committee within Wal-Mart's Board of Directors.

  • ILRF Testimony on the DOL Child Labor Product List
  • 5/28/2008
  • This testimony was prepared by International Labor Rights Forum attorney Brian Campbell for the Department of Labor's public hearing to collect information to assist in the development of the list of goods from countries produced by child labor or forced labor.

  • 2008 Wal-Mart Sweatshop Workers Speaking Tour Round-Up
  • 5/13/2008
  • April 7-18, 2008 workers from factories and fields abroad visited communities in Michigan and Ohio to raise awareness about labor conditions in Wal-Mart’s supply chains.

  • Letter to Jones Day Lawyers
  • 5/6/2008
  • This letter from the lawyers for the child laborers in the lawsuit against Firestone calls on Firestone's lawyers to ensure that the plaintiffs are not intimidated for giving depositions in the case.

  • Fairness in Flowers Campaign Toolkit
  • Clarissa Pintado and others at ILRF 4/25/2008
  • FLOWERS. We give them to our loved ones as acts of appreciation, compassion, and kindness.

  • Plaintiff's Motion for a Protective Order
  • 4/23/2008
  • This Motion for a Protective Order was filed by the International Rights Advocates as part of their lawsuit against Firestone on child labor claims. The motion asks the court for a protective order to require any of the plaintiffs to be supplied with an interpreter if they so chose.