#Cargill é acusada de utilizar trabalho infantil na produção de óleo de palma. Participe do abaixo-assinado de protesto

Segundo o site www.change.org, a multinacional Cargill se beneficia de trabalho infantil e forçado. De acordo com tal denúncia, tais modalidades de trabalho degradante são infelizmente utilizadas na produção de óleo de palma (comum em alimentos e cosméticos) no Sudeste Asiático. Participe do abaixo-assinado de protesto, disponível em http://humantrafficking.change.org/petitions/view/tell_cargill_to_stop_forced_and_child_labor_in_palm_oil

Segue abaixo a íntegra da matéria, em inglês.

 

Maximiliano Nagl Garcez

Advocacia Garcez

 

“Tell Cargill to Stop Forced and Child Labor in Palm Oil

Targeting: Greg Page (Cargill CEO)

Started by: Tim Newman

There's an ingredient in much of the food you eat and products you use that you may never notice but could be produced by forced or child labor. Palm oil is ubiquitous in our food and cosmetics and its production is rapidly expanding around the world as a biofuel. Last week, the US Department of Labor released a new report revealing that palm oil from Indonesia may be tainted by child labor and palm oil from Malaysia may be produced by forced labor.
Workers in Southeast Asia are often lured to work on palm oil plantations with promises of a better life, but often find unsafe conditions, long hours, low or no pay and many are even held in work camps under tight security. 
Forced and child labor in palm oil production is unacceptable, but US corporations like Cargill purchase much of Malaysia and Indonesia's palm oil which makes them very influential over conditions on these plantations.
While over 45 companies have signed on to the Rainforest Action Network's pledge to source responsible palm oil (or eliminate its use altogether), Cargill lags behind in ensuring that it is not sourcing products produced by forced or child labor. The company has made some progress recently on its own plantations in preparation for an audit, but Cargill still lacks appropriate labor rights safeguards for the palm oil it trades, refines and sells from various plantations throughout Indonesia and Malaysia.
Photo credit: Rainforest Action Network”