HARBEL, Liberia—Bridgestone Americas said "continued and unsustainable losses" mandated the layoff of hundreds of workers at its Firestone Liberia natural rubber plantation in Harbel. However, the ...

HARBEL, Liberia — Bridgestone Corp.'s Firestone Natural Rubber Co. business unit is planning to cut its workforce in Liberia by 13 percent by the second quarter. The company — which collects and ...

HARBEL, Liberia (AP) — The 6,500 workers at the Firestone rubber plantation in Liberia are bracing for job cuts after the American-owned company announced it will substantially reduce its workforce.

HARBEL, Liberia — The end came with a letter, but Moses Tokpah couldn’t read it. Twenty-two years of fumes at the rubber factory had damaged his vision, he said, so a friend delivered the news ...

Harbel — Angry workers have downed ... toil in virtual slavery at Bridgestone/Firestone rubber plantation in Liberia." According to ILRF, Bridgestone/Firestone has issued a directive that ...

Serving as Keynote Speaker Thursday, July 19, 2012, at programs marking the 4th commencement exercises of the school in Division 44, outside Harbel, the Executive Vice President of Bridgestone ...

Firestone cut a deal with warlord Charles Taylor to keep its Liberia plantation open during the 1990 Liberian civil war. Here is what you need to know about the Frontline/ProPublica documentary ...

Firestone Libera, an indirect subsidiary of Nashville-based Bridgestone Americas, cited as a rare bright spot in Ebola containment efforts. Firestone Liberia, an indirect subsidiary of Nashville ...

Firestone Liberia LLC has halted rubber purchases from farmers after the government raised the price paid to growers. The Liberia National Rubber Pricing Committee set farmers’ pay at $574.06 ...

HARBEL, Liberia—With 932 reported deaths and more than 1,700 reported cases as of Aug. 6, the outbreak of the Ebola virus in four West African nations is the most serious since the virus was first ...

HARBEL, Liberia—With 932 reported deaths and more than 1,700 reported cases as of Aug. 6, the outbreak of Ebola virus in four West African nations is the most serious since the virus was first ...