The National Consumers League cited media reports of abuses on farms that supply coffee and tea to Starbucks. The group said the cases cast doubt on Starbucks' packaging, which states that the company is 'committed to 100% ethical coffee sourcing.'
Among the incidents cited in the lawsuit was a 2022 case in which police rescued 17 workers - including three teenagers - from a coffee farm in Brazil where they were made to work outdoors without protective equipment and lift 130-pound sacks of coffee.
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