By Fatoumata Fofana

At long last, the Firestone Agricultural Workers' Union of Liberia (FAWUL) and the management of the Firestone Rubber Plantations Company have reached an agreement, wherein key areas of benefits including increment in wages for the workers would be granted.

By Oliver Marre

There is trouble looming for George Clooney in the usually welcome form of Emma Thompson. The actress is seeking to persuade Clooney to reconsider his position as the smooth face of Nespresso coffee, because of the controversy surrounding the ethics of its parent company, Nestlé.

Thompson has written in support of Baby Milk Action, the group that campaigns against the way Nestlé sells and markets various infant foods in the developing world.

“I saw injustice at work, so I helped on the organizing campaign . . . I waited for the International to send in the organizing army to get the job done. Then I realized I was the army.” That’s how union activist Susan Baxter-Flemings describes her first organizing experience.

The widespread abuse of workers’ rights by the Firestone/Bridgestone Rubber Plantation in Liberia has been revealed in a report published by Save My Future Foundation, and Human rights activists will hold a demonstration Wednesday in Washington, DC.

The protest will be held in front of a public relations office, representing the Bridgestone/Firestone Rubber Company.

At the same time Firestone Workers’ Union and the Firestone/Bridgestone management will be negotiating in Liberia for better wages and other benefits.