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		<title>USW helps empower workers on Firestone plantation in Liberia</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Fred Redmond Vice President for Human Affairs Just off the coast of Liberia, an African country founded by freed American slaves, is the largest rubber tree plantation in the world, where, until last month, Bridgestone Corp, a Fortune 500 company that pocketed a profit of $1.16 billion last year, paid its 10,300 workers between [...]]]></description>
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