eco

environmental community organization

THE BLUE-GREEN ALLIANCE SPEAKS OUT!

CINCINNATI – Jan. 13, 2005 – A coalition of labor and environmental organizations today said that they will sponsor a news conference on Wednesday, January 18, 2006, to discuss their invitation to members of the Golden Hope Plantations Berhad Board of Directors to meet and explore issues related to the nearly year-long labor dispute at Cognis' chemical facility and the impact of recent chemical spills and other toxic releases on the environment in the area around the plant.

Golden Hope has entered into a joint venture with Cognis, and the oleo-chemical portion of the plant is being operated now from Golden Hope's headquarters in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia .

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Cognis critics seek meeting with board
Local coalition questions labor, environmental issues

By Mike Boyer
Enquirer staff writer

CINCINNATI, January 19, 2006  -- A coalition of labor, community and environmental groups Wednesday asked to meet with the board of directors of the Malaysian parent of Cognis Corp.'s oleochemical operations to resolve a nearly year-old strike and environmental issues at the Winton Place chemical plant. ...

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American Unions Seek Dialogue With Golden Hope Plantations

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 (Bernama) -- A broad-based community coalition of labour, environmental and other organisations, is keen to meet with directors of Golden Hope Plantations Bhd to discuss their concerns over pollution and safety problems at their plant in Cincinnati.

This is in view that as the result of a 50:50 joint venture between Golden Hope and Cognis Deutschland GmbH, the oleo-chemical portion of a plant in Cincinnati is being operated from Golden Hope's headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.

In a statement issued from Cincinnati on Wednesday, the group said that it has extended in a letter an invitation to meet with members of Golden Hope board of directors.

The group, comprising United Steelworkers (USW), Environmental Community Organisation (ECO), Ohio Citizen Action (OCA), Cincinnati AFL-CIO Labor Council, Sierra Club, Ohio Chapter and other groups seek to discuss with Golden Hope a number of issues surrounding a year-long labour dispute between about 250 members of USW Local 14340 and Cognis at the Cincinnati chemical plant... MORE>>>http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news_business.php?id=176402

Cincinnati Business Courier

Group says strike led to more workplace accidents

Dan Monk

Senior Staff Reporter

CINCINNATI -- A coalition of labor and environmental groups claim the Cognis Corp. plant in Winton Place saw a sharp spike in environmental and work-place accidents last year. They blame the increase on ownership changes at the plant and a strike that put 270 local steelworkers on the picket line in February...  MORE>>>

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