Nobody wants to support child slavery, but millions of Americans are unwittingly funding the child slave labor trade in West Africa every time they buy a chocolate bar. The average American munches their way through more than 11 pounds of chocolate every year. The chocolate business is lucrative – worth over $10 billion annually – but unfortunately some well known companies refuse to stop funding the child slave trade. These companies promote themselves as wholesome while relying on consumers remaining in the dark about their child slave profits. In 2014, a lawsuit was filed against eight companies – including Hershey, Mars, and Nestle – alleging that the companies were duping consumers into “unwittingly” funding the child slave labor trade in West Africa, home to two-thirds of the world’s cacao beans. These companies have been promising to stop benefiting from child slave labor for decades, but they keep reneging on their promises, and the children are still in chains. It’s time we demanded that child slavery must be abolished, and the best way to do that is to vote at the checkout. US Uncut reports: Worker ages range from 11-16 (sometimes younger). They are trapped in isolated farms, where they work [...]
