r/Anticonsumption • u/IrinaOzzy • 23d ago

Corporations Add Nestle to the boycott for lobbying against parental leave to keep baby formula sales up

So apparently baby formula companies like Nestle spend heavy $$$ in lobbying governments to not give paid maternal leave to women due to impacts on baby formula sales. This is the most evil shit I've heard in my life. Will never see Nestle the same again.

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014067362201933X

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)00118-6/fulltext00118-6/fulltext)

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u/jadskljfadsklfjadlss 23d ago

i can tolerate slave labor but i draw the line at unpaid maternal leave.

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u/Tilduke 23d ago edited 23d ago

First they came for the breast milk in undeveloped nations, and I did not speak out—      Because I was not in an undeveloped nation.

Then they came for the water as a human right, and I did not speak out—      Because I had access to clean water.

Then they came for the forest of Africa, and I did not speak out—      Because I am not African.

Then they came for my paid parental leave—and there was no one left to speak for me.

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u/im_THIS_guy 23d ago

Shirley: "You can tolerate slave labor!?"

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u/IrinaOzzy 23d ago

Not what I mean. I don't spend my time on Reddit trying to destroy corporations I don't actually support with my money. I don't buy Nestle products and I don't support slave labor. But, I am childfree due to the difficulty of having a child in today's world. And this topic is personal to me.

But this is the typical Reddit bash, so do your thing. What are you doing about slave labor, btw?

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u/Difficult-Active6246 23d ago

And this topic is personal to me.

"If it doesn't affect me I don't give a shit" it's not the flex you believe it is

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u/jadskljfadsklfjadlss 23d ago

well thats what you said...

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u/[deleted] 23d ago edited 23d ago

Nope she's a successful, generous, wealthy, modest woman, kind heart and soul. I had exs tell me I wish I had a mom like yours, that did for you like mine didn't.

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u/Kasinder 23d ago

He can tolerate everything Nestle does, but now that it affects him directly...