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A man in Ecuador holds up a shirt with the slogan 'Furukawa, never again,' alluding to a Japanese textile firm found to have abused its workers

Business

Ecuador apologizes to farm workers deemed to live like slaves

Ecuador’s government apologized Saturday to some 300 people who worked as farmers for a Japanese textile firm in conditions which a court likened to...

AFPMay 31, 2025

Maria Guerrero gave an emotional account of her experience on a Furukawa plantation

Business

Ecuadoran workers accuse ‘monster’ Japanese company of exploitation

Ex-employees of a Japanese textile company in Ecuador told Tuesday of their dire living and working conditions, after the country’s constitutional court ruled the...

AFPDecember 10, 2024