Liberia: SRC’s revival brings hope, dignity to workers

—- “The pace at which the new management is renovating and constructing new homes gives us hope that all workers’ camps will receive an upgrade within the 24-month time frame,” says James Kollie, a rubber tapper for over 10 years.

When the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) changed ownership in August of last year, many dared to hope for a long-overdue turnaround in the living and working conditions of the company workers.

Socfin, a Luxembourg multinational group that owned SRC, had…