Posted by Zarah Patriana in Featured, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 1st September, 2011 | 2 Comments
Reverse Trick-or-Treating is back for it’s fifth year to give you the opportunity to treat-n-teach your neighbors! This year, Global Exchange is offering a limited quantity of kits to individuals so be sure to get your order in quickly!
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Posted by Zarah Patriana in Fair Trade News & Views, Featured, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 14th July, 2011 | No Comments
In supermarkets across the nation, activists are informing shoppers about the labor violations associated with Hershey’s chocolate products with smartphone-enables “Consumer Alert” cards on the shelves where the chocolate bars can be found.
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Fair Trade News & Views, Featured, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 13th June, 2011 | 2 Comments
World Day Against Child Labor was on Sunday, June 12th. Four days prior, the ‘Raise the Bar Hershey’ rally took place in front of the Hershey store in Times Square. School children and social justice activists, along with Kerry Kennedy, President of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, and Lee Cutler, »
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Fair Trade News & Views, Featured, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 8th June, 2011 | No Comments
In solidarity with those rallying in NY to to end Hershey child labor practices, TODAY is a national call in action organized by the Raise the Bar Hershey Campaign. Find out how to join others in calling Hershey today.
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Fair Trade News & Views, Featured, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 6th June, 2011 | 2 Comments
With World Day Against Child Labor right around the corner, students and social justice leaders and groups will gather in front of the Hershey Store in Times Square to call on Hershey to eliminate forced, trafficked and child labor from its cocoa supply chain. Read about the details, and what you can do if you’re not able to make it to the rally.
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Fair Trade News & Views, Fair Trade Roundups, Featured, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 25th May, 2011 | 2 Comments
Models are hot, but Fair Trade models are even hotter! Next week some Fair Trade models will be stepping out during an annual Human Rights Awards Gala. Ben & Jerry are emceeing, and guests will be served Fair Trade Certified ice cream. Find out about this and other news in our Fair Trade Roundup.
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Posted by Zarah Patriana in Fair Trade News & Views, Featured, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 28th April, 2011 | No Comments
Today, the Hershey Company’s board of directors and shareholders came together for their annual meeting in Hershey, Pennsylvania. So, what better day than today to call on Hershey’s to chart a new course into a future free of child labor and poverty in communities that grow the company’s cocoa. Green America’s Fair Trade coordinator, Elizabeth »
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Posted by Zarah Patriana in Fair Trade News & Views, Featured on 18th January, 2011 | 15 Comments
A group of businesses, organizations and consumers are accusing TransFair USA of attempting to own the term ‘Fair Trade’.
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Posted by Zarah Patriana in Fair Trade News & Views, Featured on 4th October, 2010 | No Comments
Every day this October FairTradeUSA will be highlighting several of the great companies that bring Fair Trade products to your grocer’s shelves, as well some of the international organizations that work closely with Fair Trade on the ground. Today is Global Exchange’s day! Stay tuned to the FairTradeUSA blog and Facebook page to see how you can enter to win a bag of Global Exchange label Thanksgiving Fair Trade coffee!
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Posted by Zarah Patriana in Fair Trade News & Views, Featured on 11th September, 2010 | No Comments
A gang of Global Exchangers and about 780 Fair Traders from all over the world have converged in Boston, Massachusetts for the Fair Trade Futures Conference. Excitement and Fair Trade coffee is keeping us all going.
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