Lawsuit Cites Global Candy Companies; Seeks Freedom, Compensation for Children Forced into Dangerous Work on Cocoa Farms By Jillian S. Ambroz Next time you take a bite of a chocolate bar, consider the small hands that farmed the cocoa beans. Industrial food heavyweights like Nestlé USA, Hershey and MARS Inc., rely on cocoa grown in…
Millions of Enslaved Children Work and Die Bringing Coffee, Chocolate and Other Goods to Your Home By David Cay Johnston, DCReport Editor-in-Chief Child Labor Day is June 12, designed to draw attention to the more than 200 million children forced to work. Many toil on cocoa plantations, sew soccer balls at home and make in…
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