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Unfair Working Conditions Brewing Trouble in Guatemala

An American consumer goes to Dunkin Donuts, orders a cup of coffee to start up his day, pays about $3, and leaves. No big deal, right? Wrong. If this American consumer were asked where his or her coffee came from the consumer would most likely have no idea. Not only would the consumer have no idea, he or she probably have never thought about it before. The truth is that four multinational companies, all making extremely large profits, dominate the coffee industry. However, the small farmers who sweat over the labor day after day are living under the nations poverty line under $2 a day, which is barely enough to survive. Keeping this in mind, you will see that buying a typical morning cup of coffee involves every consumer in a difficult human rights situation.
The encyclical of Pope Leo XIII “Rerum Novarum” was a way that Christian churches played an active role in criticizing the exploitation of industrial workers from the evils that industrialization brought to the mo...

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