NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to hold Nestle, the world's largest food maker, accountable for using child slaves to harvest cocoa ...

Legislation that would prohibit Arizona state entities from entering into or renewing contracts with companies that knowingly use forced labor or child labor for the manufacturing of their products, ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit upheld the dismissal of consumers’ class action against Mars and Starbucks over Dove Dark Chocolate products, which allegedly misled buyers into believing the ...

Chocolate manufacturers, human rights groups and the Ivory Coast Government have signed pact aimed at ending the abuse of child labour in the chocolate industry. The agreement aims to address the use ...

A new report from the University of Nottingham's Rights Lab and GoodWeave International highlights the risk of modern slavery and child labor in Bangladesh's garment supply chains. The ready-made ...

WASHINGTON -- International chocolate makers and Democratic members of Congress on Monday announced a four-year plan to end use of child slave labor by cocoa growers and to certify cocoa that is grown ...

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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A religious leader charged with using children as slave labor has died while awaiting trial in North Carolina. Attorney Allen Rogers tells news outlets 67-year-old John C.