11 September 2004

Coffee industry agrees code of conduct

Coffee industry agrees code of conduct (English Window, NZZ Online, 10. 9. 2004): "Signatories will have to pay minimum salaries, stop using child labour, allow trade union membership and stick to international environmental standards on pesticide and water pollution."

Looks intersting to those of us involved in fair trade issues: could this be a start of big change or is it posing? Read and make up your mind. I will be looking out for more comments and angles on this. and keep you posted

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"Spend and tax" not "tax and spend"

 I got a response from my MP which got me kind of mad. You'll see why as I reproduce it here. Apologies for the strange changes in types...