Yes. There are volunteers who do it for free but there are also people who get paid to work for Fairtrade. Their salary is on average 26000 sterling pounds a year.
£30 a week
it makes a difference because it helps people have a better working condition.
Non-fairtrade people earn 60p per day
No governments are involved in fairtrade, it is a worldwide movement of people.
Poor condition with long working hours
fairtrade is good because people who sell it dont get enough money to buy other crops
Not all coffee is Fairtrade certified. Fairtrade coffee refers to coffee that is certified to have been produced according to Fairtrade standards, which ensure that farmers are paid a fair price for their products and work under safe conditions. You can look for the Fairtrade certification label on coffee packaging to identify coffee that meets these standards.
Yes. Normal chocolate is priced unfairly, so if you paid £1 for a bar of chocolate only 1p would go back to the people who grew, harvested, fermented and packaged the cocoa beans. Fairtrade chocolate gives more money to these people. So, the actual chocolate is the same. The only difference is how fairly the producers in Africa are getting paid
Scotland has always paid its plantation workers a reasonable rate for their labours!
it is because the people are black
Fairtrade cotton is cotton that is produced following fair trade principles, which aim to improve the livelihoods of small-scale cotton farmers and workers by ensuring fair prices, better working conditions, and environmental sustainability. It is a certification system that guarantees that the cotton has been sourced ethically and sustainably.
People working their get paid less