(PETITION) Nestlé Chairman says Humans don't have a right to drinking water

[Planr]

http://action.storyofstuff.org/sign/nestle_water_privatization_push

Across the globe, Nestlé is pushing to privatize and control public water resources.

Nestlé's Chairman of the Board, Peter Brabeck, has explained his philosophy with "The one opinion, which I think is extreme, is represented by the NGOs, who bang on about declaring water a public right. That means as a human being you should have a right to water. That’s an extreme solution."

Since that quote has gotten widespread attention, Brabeck has backtracked, but his company has not. Around the world, Nestlé is bullying communities into giving up control of their water. It's time we took a stand for public water sources.

At the World Water Forum in 2000, Nestlé successfully lobbied to stop water from being declared a universal right -- declaring open hunting season on our local water resources by the multinational corporations looking to control them. For Nestlé, this means billions of dollars in profits. For us, it means paying up to 2,000 times more for drinking water because it comes from a plastic bottle.

Now, in countries around the world, Nestlé is promoting bottled water as a status symbol. As it pumps out fresh water at high volume, water tables lower and local wells become degraded. Safe water becomes a privilege only affordable for the wealthy.

In our story, clean water is a resource that should be available to all. It should be something we look after for the public good, to keep safe for generations, not something we pump out by billions of gallons to fuel short-term private profits. Nestlé thinks our opinion is "extreme", but we have to make a stand for public resources. Please join us today in telling Nestlé that it's not "extreme" to treat water like a public right.

So disgusting. I am just at a loss for words. Human beings have a fundamental right to drinking water. But of course this CEO would see us all die of thirst unless we fork over some cash for his stupid billion-dollar corporation. What an starfish.


If that's not bad enough, Nestle has also been using illegal forced child labor (slavery) to help produce their products.

http://www.confectionerynews.com/Manufacturers/Cocoa-child-slavery-case-against-Nestle-ADM-and-Cargill-proceeds
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/sep/02/child-labour-on-nestle-farms-chocolate-giants-problems-continue
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/30/lawsuit-your-candy-bar-was-made-by-child-slaves.html
http://www.fairlabor.org/affiliate/nestle

/discuss this piece of stuff company

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[RTBARCHIVE]

What the flying forget

This is horrible

[Foxscotch]

well yeah but also if we have a right to water then how come we still gotta pay for it
like this dude is a richard and all but at least in the US what he wants is pretty much already goin on

[Goku®]

stuff like this getting out of hand could result in a revolution

[Lockebox]

sounds like this man needs to be locked in a room and brought to the point of lethal dehydration. He must have  never been thirsty in his life to think that.

[sir dooble]

well yeah but also if we have a right to water then how come we still gotta pay for it
like this dude is a richard and all but at least in the US what he wants is pretty much already goin on

That's the weird thing about water in our countries.
I have to pay the water company for my water, but they can't turn it off, even if I don't pay.

Of course, if I don't pay, they can get debt repayment companies involved, or even take it to the courts.


IMO, what should be the case is that water companies are bought out by the government. Then water is paid for by the government, via taxes. Everyone gets water, even if they aren't paying taxes (which they should).
In the same way that our NHS works, basically.

[fireking]

what the forget?

[Lockebox]

I wonder how long before i need to pay to breath too

[Blockz]

world war 3 is coming

[Jubel]

Water is a basic human resource but I'm also against the starfish taking it from my country to sell it in plastic bottles somewhere else.

[Pastrey Crust]

loving capitalist pigs.

[SWAT One]

[IkeTheGeneric]

loving capitalist pigs.

capitalism is the reason the world isn't in a constant state of war and chaos

this stuff is a direct result of corporate nonsense, not "hurr durr capitalism is evil"

of course im talking to a guy who has totalitarian wet dreams what do i expect

[Badger]

It's best to ignore him when he goes on about ideological stuff like that

[Zack]

Well, it's a business. They're going to find a way to charge money for something you need.

Just because it's morally wrong, richardish, and goes against the entire point of human decency, does not change the fact they will do it.

I mean, water being public, one of the basic necessities of all life currently existing, shouldn't be okay?

That is seriously, seriously forgeted up.

Oh well. It's not like I'm surprised. Another basic human right being taken away for someone to make a profit comes as unsurprising to me in this world where money has become essentially equal to power, there probably isn't much we can do about it to stop them.