All posts tagged with child labor
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-(Natural News) The problem of human trafficking may seem to be an isolated case in the United States, but estimates from the Department of State have put the number of trafficking victims in America yearly between 14,500 and 17,500. According to the 2021 Federal Human Trafficking Report released last June 17, more than half of […]
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-(Natural News) A whistleblower is demanding that e-commerce giant Amazon apologize after he was imprisoned for revealing the company’s inhumane labor practices in China. Tang Mengfing served jail time for exposing the oppressive and miserable working conditions in factories manufacturing devices for the Big Tech company. Tang spent several years investigating the working conditions at […]
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-(Natural News) A McDonald’s in Oregon was seen displaying a banner asking 14- and 15-year-olds to apply for work due to “staffing issues.” The store’s operator, Heather Coleman, explained that raising the minimum wage didn’t attract new applicants; however, lowering the hiring age to 14 brought in about 25 new applicants in two weeks. She […]
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-(Natural News) Big Tech companies and electric car manufacturers are profiting off child labor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Apple, Alphabet (the parent company of Google), Dell Technologies, Microsoft and Tesla are putting Congelese children in danger in their quest for cobalt – a key component of rechargeable lithium-ion battery. Those companies […]
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-(Natural News) The Supreme Court on Thursday, June 17, ruled in favor of two corporations accused of involvement in child slavery on Ivory Coast cocoa farms. The decision was the latest in a series of rulings imposing strict limits on lawsuits brought in federal court based on human rights abuses abroad. Six citizens of Mali sued […]
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-(Natural News) The call for renewable energy has been gaining traction in recent years due to concerns over escalating environmental pollution. A great deal of pressure is felt among policymakers and private companies as green activists and agencies lobby for a greener solution to humanity’s demand for energy. But a recent report from the Manhattan […]
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-(Natural News) Battery-powered cars, or electric vehicles, are touted as the future of automobiles with its purportedly clean and green energy usage. The cars emerged as the conversation on carbon dioxide or CO2 emissions worldwide snowballed in recent years, and many experts are encouraging the use of renewable energy as a substitute for fossil fuel. Indeed, several […]
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-(Natural News) Driving an electric vehicle around town is a source of pride for many climate fanatics who’ve convinced themselves that this “green” choice in transportation makes them the second coming of some kind of climate “christ.” But little do many of these virtue signalers realize that flaunting around in a Tesla or Prius actually […]
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-(Natural News) Congolese families whose children have been severely injured or killed while mining cobalt for the world’s largest tech companies have filed a U.S. lawsuit against the corporations. (Article by Kelen McBreen republished from Infowars.com) Apple, Google, Dell, Microsoft and Tesla are named in the suit filed by International Rights Advocates on behalf of 14 parents […]
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-(Natural News) A new tool has been developed to inform the public whether the fish that they’ve bought (or are eating) comes from fisheries engaged in child labor. The Seafood Slavery Risk Tool is the brother to the already-known Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program which shows how sustainable the seafood is using a red, […]
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