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Growing Pains: the Human Cost of Cut Flowers
Flower workers in developing countries like Kenya and Colombia risk their health for unsafe, insecure jobs supplying UK supermarkets. Workers endure low wages and health problems such as repetitive strain injuries and miscarriages through exposure to pesticides.
War in Wants works in partnership with grassroots organisations involved in the cut flower industry,including Cactus and Untraflores in Colombia, the National Union for Plantation and Agricultural Workers (NUPAW) in Zambia and the Kenyan Women Workers Organisation (KEWWO). Find out more about their investigation into the human cost of cut flowers in British supermarkets.
Sitarem Kulesika, “I am prepared to sacrifice my life for Niyamgiri”
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Vedanta and Niyamgiri
In India, a British company is threatening the home and way of life of thousands of Kondh people. British company Vedanta Resources and its subsidiary Sterlite Industries have applied for permission to blast Niyamgiri mountain, home to thousands of people, in order to extract bauxite - the raw material for aluminium - despite the environmental and human rights violations this would entail.
The CIW and the fast food giants
In November 2007, representatives of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) visited the UK. The CIW is a worker led organisation, of largely Latino, Haitian, and Mayan Indian immigrants working in low-wage jobs throughout the state of Florida who are fighting for a fair deal from fast food giants such as Taco Bell, MacDonalds and Burger King.
Issues in Focus
As part of the campaign development process, People & Planet students, volunteers and staff explored a wide range of corporate power issues and potential campaign options, including:
Corporate Mindmap
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