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My reading is that Unilever had a large non-indigenous workforce living on a plantation that was attacked. This was a western Kenyan plantation and I suspect th
by MaximumYComb 6y ago
My reading is that Unilever had a large non-indigenous workforce living on a plantation that was attacked. This was a western Kenyan plantation and I suspect the workers had travelled there from other west-Kenyan areas based on their tribe. I'm not expert on Kenyan law or the way these business contracts play out but I feel the issue at play here is if Unilever has a responsibility to protect workers when nationwide ethnic violence breaks out, and they have non-indigenous workers.
- TomMarius 6y agoAre (foreign!) private people or corporations even allowed to operate a private law enforcement unit in Kenya? I thought the UN discourages that, and it's outright illegal in most countries of EU - meaning the corporation can't have such unit anywhere, that applies to its subsidies too; personal participation in such units is a serious crime as well.
- jdatsun34 6y agoDid they knowingly place people in a dangerous area and skimp on the cost of protecting workers? Sounds like a cost saving move Unilever would make...