Chocolate and Slavery
Originally posted by _samalander at Chocolate and Slavery
On a serious note: It's October and in a few days kids will be begging for candy at your door. Lets talk about chocolate.
Did you know that cocoa farmers engage in human trafficking and slave labor to make your chocolate bar? They do.
Did you know that TEN YEARS ago there was an international protocol passed requiring chocolate makers to work to end child slavery? There was, and people were too busy patting themselves on the back to enforce it, so nothing has changed.
Think a boycott will just hurt the people who make those 15 cents a day? You're missing the big picture.
Addicted to chocolate? Fine, here are the Fair-Trade companies that don't use slave labor.
Want to give money to supporting international labor rights? You can do that, too.
Want to learn about better candies to give out at Halloween? I have an app for that.
On a serious note: It's October and in a few days kids will be begging for candy at your door. Lets talk about chocolate.
Did you know that cocoa farmers engage in human trafficking and slave labor to make your chocolate bar? They do.
Did you know that TEN YEARS ago there was an international protocol passed requiring chocolate makers to work to end child slavery? There was, and people were too busy patting themselves on the back to enforce it, so nothing has changed.
Think a boycott will just hurt the people who make those 15 cents a day? You're missing the big picture.
Addicted to chocolate? Fine, here are the Fair-Trade companies that don't use slave labor.
Want to give money to supporting international labor rights? You can do that, too.
Want to learn about better candies to give out at Halloween? I have an app for that.