Firestone Natural Rubber Company controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2006
Allegations concerning child labor and plantation quotas
Workers and human-rights investigators alleged that demanding daily tapping quotas encouraged some workers to bring children into the fields. A United Nations report cited poverty, limited schooling, quota pressure, and inadequate company monitoring as contributing factors.
2005
Flomo v. Firestone labor litigation
The International Labor Rights Fund filed an Alien Tort Claims Act case on behalf of Liberian plantation workers, alleging forced labor and child-labor-related abuses. Firestone denied the claims, and the litigation was ultimately decided in the company's favor.