Our Active Boycott List
Do you pride yourself in being an ethical consumer? Do you like boycotting companies that seek to crush the voice of their own workers, cheat owners of tribal lands from billions of dollars, lock doors on workers and fail to supply adequate safety equipment? If so then you'll love our new sidebar section. We'll keep it updated and will do a story here and there about one of the companies on the list. So far the list consists of:
- Exxon-Mobil
- British Petroleum
- General Electric
- WalMart
- AIG
- State Farm
- Caterpillar
- Chevron Texaco
- Coca-Cola
- DeBeers
- Donna Karan
- Esso
- Proctor and Gamble
- SC Johnson
- Shell
Comments
Ginger
@ 31.03.2007 05:36 CESTMcDonald's for it's role in deforestation in South America. I'm not sure of the ethics of selling non-nutritious food to a willing public, but deforestation is definitely a great threat facing America today.
jm watt
@ 22.07.2007 06:00 CESTContinental Tire's Attack on Retired Union Workers in the US
by United Steelworkers Friday, Apr. 20, 2007 at 5:39 PM
After stopping tire production at its two remaining unionized facilities in the United States in 2006, Continental Tire of North America has dramatically reduced payments for retiree health care in the United States. The following is a brief description of the impact these cuts are having on retirees.
video: windows media at 6.9 mebibytes
After stopping tire production at its two remaining unionized facilities in the United States in 2006, Continental Tire of North America has dramatically reduced payments for retiree health care in the United States. Today, Continental Tire only pays $3,000 per year for health care insurance that can cost as much as $15,000 annually. The remainder must now be paid by the individual retiree.
http://pittsburgh.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/27245.php
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