Amazon Watch, EarthRights International and Asian Pacific Environmental Network Issue Joint Release: Rising Tide of Human Rights Abuses Haunts Chevron on Eve of Annual Shareholder's Meeting.Communities from Nigeria, Ecuador, Burma and US to Confront CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. David O'Reilly David O'Reilly may refer to one of the following people: For the BBC Northern Ireland presenter, see Rigsy. For the chairman of Chevron Corporation, see David J. O'Reilly. in San Ramon San Ramon (Spanish for "Saint Raymond") may refer to one of the following places:
Protest Planned for Chevron Headquarters; SF Board of Supervisors Considers Resolution Condemning Abuses; Angst in Pension Funds over Liability Weds, May 28: PHOTO OP at 7:30am outside Chevron AGM AGM annual general meeting AGM n abbr (= annual general meeting) → AG f AGM n abbr (= annual general meeting) → JHV f of supporters in full-body haz-mat suits symbolically cleaning "toxic waste toxic waste is waste material, often in chemical form, that can cause death or injury to living creatures. It usually is the product of industry or commerce, but comes also from residential use, agriculture, the military, medical facilities, radioactive sources, and " Chevron dumped in Ecuador, Nigeria, and other places. Media briefing straight after AGM (expected at 10am). Both at Chevron headquarters, 6001 Bollinger Canyon Road, San Ramon, CA 94583 SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Representatives from Ecuador, Nigeria, and Burma have traveled thousands of miles to the Bay Area to confront Chevron CEO David O'Reilly at an annual shareholder's meeting Wednesday over what they call a "grave pattern of human rights abuses" in their home countries that could lead to billions of dollars of liabilities for Chevron shareholders. The representatives - joined by human rights groups in the U.S. - said a rising tide Noun 1. rising tide - the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide); "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare flood tide, flood of abuses associated with Chevron requires decisive action from O'Reilly and his senior management team. The confrontation comes just after Chevron was hit with a damages assessment in an environmental litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. in Ecuador of up to $16 billion - which could lead to the largest judgment in civil court history - and after a U.S. federal judge in San Francisco ordered the company to stand trial in September over the killing of Nigerian villagers who were protesting on a Chevron oil platform. "Chevron is at a watershed moment in its history over these growing human rights abuses, yet Chevron management is again burying its head in the sand and refusing to deal with them," said Atossa Soltani, Executive Director of Amazon Watch, an environmental organization working with the human rights advocates. We're here to take the fight directly to shareholders because management has completely failed to live up to its legal and ethical obligations." In light of the various human rights issues, members of San Francisco's Board of Supervisors, including Tom Ammiano, Ross Mirkarimi, and Chris Daly, are set to file a resolution that condemns "... Chevron Corporation for a systematic pattern of socially irresponsible activities and complicity in human rights violations that is at odds with the values of the citizens of San Francisco, and at odds with the standards of ethical conduct those citizens expect from corporations based in the Bay Area, in our own communities as well as abroad." For more information concerning the human rights violations, see the complete press release at www.chevrontoxico.com. |
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