ACTION ALERT: WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOR JUNE 12, CALL HERSHEY CHOC CORP

ACTION ALERT::

This Saturday is World Day against Child Labor.  Advocates around the world are taking action to call for an end to the exploitation of our youth.

While major chocolate companies have made many promises over the past decade to track the cocoa they use and ensure that their products are made without labor rights abuses, child labor, trafficking and forced labor continue in the production of cocoa in West Africa.  Some companies have started to take more responsibility on this issue, but one iconic US chocolate brand continues to drag its feet: Hershey.

Will you give Hershey a call TODAY and ask them to do more to track their cocoa and protect worker rights?  CLICK HERE to report your call!

Unlike other chocolate companies, Hershey has not agreed to participate in any certification programs to track its global supply chain and institute labor standards for its cocoa suppliers.  Additionally, the company has been restructuring its global manufacturing leading to fewer jobs for unionized workers.  http://www.laborrights.org/stop-child-forced-labor/cocoa-campaign/why-target-hershey-for-labor-rights-abuses to find out more about why we are targeting Hershey.  

It is time for Hershey to take responsibility for worker rights from bean to bar!  Join activists across the country in calling Hershey NOW!
CALL INSTRUCTIONS
CALL HERSHEY AT 1-800-468-1714 (Dial "0" to reach an operator - if you have any trouble, try 717-534-4200)

Call-In Script:
Hi, my name is ___ and I'm calling from ____.  This Saturday is World Day against Child Labor.  As a Hershey consumer, I'm very concerned about the continued use of child labor, forced labor and trafficking in West Africa's cocoa industry as well as the way Hershey's factory workers are treated globally.  I want to know that all the workers who had a hand in making my chocolate - from bean to bar - were treated fairly.  Will Hershey take this opportunity to be more transparent about your supply chain and do more to protect worker rights?

Then CLICK HERE to report that you made the call!    [SEE BELOW]


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