How does Firestone Natural Rubber Company respond to the 2006 United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) report questioning Firestone Liberias working conditions?
The report is largely inaccurate. Firestone Natural Rubber Company is committed to its long-standing partnership with the people of Liberia and is doing more than any other private entity to improve the quality of life for Liberians. The company provides jobs, housing, education, medical services and subsidized food to employees. Working conditions and wages, which far exceed Liberian labor law standards, are the result of a collective bargaining process freely entered into by the workers’ union and the company. Union members elect their union leaders to represent their interests at the bargaining table.
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