Firestone, April 22 -- Saykwayee Harmony Henry, Founder and Executive Director of Kids Development Initiative wants Firestone Liberia reconsider its plan to lay-off scores of its employees in order to stop hundreds of children from being drop out of school
As Firestone Liberia commences its redundancy plan, a child rights advocacy group, Kids Development Initiative (KDI) has expressed concern over the fate of hundreds of children it says will be affected if the company lays off over 800 of its workforce.Firestone Liberia announced in March that it will be laying off 13 percent of its workforce, which is around 800 Liberian employees.
The company says this is due to the continued and unsustainable losses resulting from high overhead costs ...