Reynolds American Tobacco takes step on farm labor issue

(Winston-Salem Journal) Reynolds American Inc. took a step Friday toward finding common ground with groups representing migrant farm workers in addressing laborers' work and living conditions.
The company pledged to use an independent, third-party monitor to assess the working conditions at U.S. tobacco farms that supply product to Reynolds.
The company also proposed a council that would involve tobacco manufacturers, growers, the N.C. Labor Department, agricultural scientists, farm workers and their representatives, such as the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, and possibly other stakeholders. Continued