Nestlé and other companies can be sued for overseas child slave labor, court rules
Nestlé and other companies can be sued for overseas child slave labor, court rules
By Travis Gettys
Friday, September 5, 2014 10:30 EDT
Nestlé and other counties that sell chocolate from Africa can be sued for using child slave labor, a federal appeals court ruled.
Three former slave laborers sued the food manufacturer, along with Archer Daniels Midland and Cargill, under a 1789 law allowing lawsuits in U.S. courts for violations of international human rights.
A federal judge in Los Angeles previously dismissed the suit, ruling the law did not apply to U.S. corporations allegedly involved in illegal activities abroad.
But the appeals court found they could be sued if their conduct on U.S. soil substantially contributed to human rights violations overseas, reported the San Francisco Chronicle.
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The three plaintiffs claimed in their suit they were forced to work up to 14 hours a day, six days a week, and were beaten and whipped and given scraps to eat.
More:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/05/nestle-and-other-companies-can-be-sued-for-overseas-child-slave-labor-court-rules/
abelenkpe
(9,933 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)*rubs hands in gleeful anticipation*
rurallib
(62,387 posts)shouldn't be too hard.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)Nestles' exploits all the rest...
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)stillwaiting
(3,795 posts)It would be much better for a corporate court to rule on these issues.