Boycott companies to induce them to behave better is possible. However you should know that to get the results you need perseverance and a long time. That's why an important strategy is that of alternative trade that has two main purposes: 1) Offer an immediate solution to those who are victims of oppressive trade; 2) Try out a business model based on different principles. The most important form of alternative trade made so far is the trade Fair organized in response to serious forms of exploitation were carried out by multinationals. trade and social development Trade Fair is not concerned only to ensure decent wages to producers, but also seeks to strengthen co-operatives and social structures in order to improve the production of individual and provide community services to health, educational, social. Unfortunately, in the slums of the southern countries, where there are producers of fair trade, health and education conditions are desperate. "TRADE NOT AID" (trade not charity) The poor should be helped to leave the South to their situation of poverty with no charity but with the market because the charity establishes a relationship of subordination, while the trade is based on the relationship of equality. For example, the crafts produced by Preda, an organization founded in 1973 in Olangapo in the Philippines. This town who lived as a function of foreign presence (thanks to the American naval base which was then closed in 1992) offered drugs and prostitution. Preda was born to help the victims of drugs, prostitution and poverty by creating training courses and providing job opportunities. Salemi Martina
And Barilla? What is changing in the world Barilla , well known food business (Pasta, cakes, biscuits, sauces, etc.). 49% of the shares of this company belongs to Relou Italy srl, on whose board of directors are many foreigners among them, until a few years ago there was a certain Walter Wurth, chairman of Oerlikon Buhrle, a major Swiss company producing guns, missiles and armored vehicles, and advanced electronic systems for the defense. And 'this with the following brands: Barilla, Crackers Motta, Being, bunting, Tres Marias, the ears, Mulino Bianco, Pavesini, Voiello, Panem.
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Nike? What is changing in the world oppressive regime: all Nike shoes are manufactured in Asia, particularly in Indonesia, China, Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea, Vietnam. Labor Relations: in Indonesia free trade unions are illegal and are suppressed by the army, union leaders were fired, imprisoned, tortured and even killed.
WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS: Nike workers receive poverty wages, less than the minimum wage established by law in Indonesia. Workers exposed to fumes from glues, solvents, paints, for 12 hours a day.
irresponsible marketing: Nike spends about $ 180 million a year in advertising, would be sufficient when 1% of this budget to improve the conditions of 15,000 workers in Indonesia. boycott campaign: in 1990, Operation Push, a civil rights group, has launched a boycott of Nike because, despite selling 45% of its products to blacks, there are no African Americans at the top of the and shall not grant sufficient social benefits to the black community. Pavan Silvia
Nestle? oppressive regime: Nestlé has subsidiaries in Brazil, China, Colombia, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Turkey. L'Oreal is also present in Peru and Morocco. Labor Relations: in 1989 workers at a chocolate factory in Caçapa, Brazil, they did strike. The workers complained of poor working conditions, including discrimination against women, lack of protective clothing and inadequate safety. Within two months of the start of the strike the company had laid off 40 of its workers, including most of the organizers of the strike. irresponsible marketing: recent moves Nestle in the field of milk powder for infants include a further violation of the Code of the WHO, namely the publication of his new hypo-allergenic milk, Good Start, USA. It is known that some infants have suffered from shock 'anaphylactic' with danger for their lives after being fed this product. See also under boycott. TEST ON ANIMALS: L'Oreal is currently being boycotted for its continued use of animal testing. The same Nestle has recently been criticized by the BUAV (British antivivisection) for doing tests for carcinogenicity in mice of its coffee. boycott campaign: Nestle is currently the subject of a worldwide boycott irresponsible advertising of milk powder, and L'Oreal for testing on animals. Pavan Silvia
