*[Enwl-eng] It's all thanks to YOU

[ENWL]

            Procter & Gamble’s business partner FGV has been banned from 
importing palm oil to the US -- thanks to your action, and a law that’s 
almost 100 years old!

            Vladimir, you just dealt a massive blow to one of the worst 
workers rights offenders in the palm oil industry. That’s one giant step 
towards justice and dignity for abused palm oil workers.

            There’s an old US trade law, the Tariff Act of 1930, which 
includes a provision banning imports made with forced labor. So back in 
August of 2019, we co-filed a Tariff Act petition along with our partners at 
GLJ-ILRF and RAN, asking US Customs and Border Protection to ban imports of 
FGV palm oil to the US, citing well documented forced labour and human 
rights violations.

            But we couldn’t just file the official petition and hope for the 
best. After more than a year of ramping up the pressure via petitions and 
social media actions, US Customs and Border Protection issued a Whithold and 
Release Order for FGV palm oil imported to the US, in other words, a ban on 
FGV’s dirty palm oil!



            Excerpt from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s press 
release announcing its decision on FGV’s palm oil forced labour case.

            FGV is contesting the ban, and denying claims of forced labour. 
If we let our guard down now, FGV’s army of lawyers will probably prevail, 
and the worker abuse and exploitation will continue as if nothing had 
happened.

            We can’t let this slide. We can’t let FGV lie to the U.S. 
Customs and continue to abuse workers on its plantations in Malaysia. The 
abuse is well documented and it’s horrific. Child labour, workers subjected 
to physical and sexual violence, intimidation and wage and passport 
retention.

            With your help, we can continue to fight to obtain justice for 
palm oil workers. A donation from you today will help us campaign for fair 
wages, dignified, safe, and humane working conditions but also the 
restitution of workers’ passports and the reimbursement of the recruitment 
fees they had to pay.

            will you support this fight with a one-off gift?


            Thanks for all that you do,
            Fatah and the team at SumOfUs



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            More information:

            CBP Issues Detention Order on Palm Oil Produced with Forced 
Labor in Malaysia, U.S. CBP, September 30, 2020
            Malaysian palm oil giant hit with US ban over abuse concerns, 
Yahoo!news, October 1, 2020








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      From: Fatah Sadaoui, SumOfUs
      Sent: Friday, November 13, 2020 4:07 PM
      Subject: It's all thanks to YOU







 
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