CIVIL RIGHT
Fair Trade means an equitable and fair partnership between marketers in North America and producers in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and other parts of the world. A fair trade partnership works to provide low-income artisans and farmers with a living wage for their work. Fair Trade Federation (FTF) criteria are: |
•Paying a fair wage in the local context.
•Offering employees opportunities for advancement.
•Providing equal employment opportunities for all people particularly the most disadvantaged.
•Engaging in environmentally sustainable practices.
•Being open to public accountability.
•Building long-term trade relationships.
•Providing healthy and safe working conditions within the local context.
•Providing financial and technical assistance to producers whenever possible.
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Educating ones self about international politics regarding humanitarian efforts worldwide to eliminate the practice of unfair trade is relative to each and every one of us. Those of us who believe in human rights need to be aggressively active about making the necessary efforts towards this universal civil standard.
The corporate mentality behind forced labor has long elected to simply outsource to third world countries void of civil laws to protect workers from unethical treatment. Employees endure inhumane and substandard conditions as was practiced prior to abolishing slavery. Please support Fair Trade by buying products such as coffee, sugar and bananas from grocers that are Fair Trade Certified! You can make a difference just begin by insisting that your local markets purchase exclusively from growers who are Fair Trade Certified. Here is a site that you can use to research Fair Trade International . 2006 -Petra Maricela Thompson Violetarojo |
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