Monrovia, March 19 -- Labor Minister Cllr. Cooper W. Kruah, Sr. has ordered Firestone Rubber Plantation Company to immediately cease outsourcing large portions of its rubber plantation to private individuals.

By Edwin Genoway edwin.genoway@frontpageafricaonline.com

The Ministry's directive requires Firestone to obtain prior approval from the Ministry before outsourcing any part of the plantation in the future, ensuring workers' labor benefits are safeguarded.

The decision follows the successful signing of a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the company and its workers after over three months of negotiations.

The agreement was finalized at the Ministry's E.J.S. Ministerial Complex in Monrovia, with Minister Kruah ove...