The report released earlier this month, titled The Human Cost of Conflict Palm Oil, alleges that investigators from two Indonesian NGOs — the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) and labor group OPPUK — along with the International Labor Rights Forum, found that child labor, exposure to hazardous chemicals, below minimum-wage payments, a reliance on temporary workers and the use of company-backed unions were all employed by the plantations. (Read the full article here)
June 23, 2016