Scandal at Lidl: Here is the truth about the favorite sign of the French. You're going to be shocked

Scandal at Lidl: Here is the truth about the favorite sign of the French. You're going to be shocked

Established since 1988 in France, the German brand Lidl, has for five consecutive years been elected as the best chain of stores. This large area attracts a large number of customers every day, innovating regularly to facilitate the daily life of consumers, such as when they launched their bread rolls and baked goods with immediate cooking.

The strategy of this brand is based on an "American style" management with empowered employees. However, behind this strategy and ultra-competitive prices hides a very shocking reality.

The Lidl brand is the subject of many controversies and polemics, notably on the working conditions of employees. In order to reduce costs even more, the management of the company is described as tough. In March 2008, a German weekly revealed that Lidl was spying on employees through private detectives, illegal surveillance cameras and audio tracks. Then in 2014, Lidl was forced by the labor council of Nancy to pay damages worth 15,000 euros for the unfair dismissal of an employee.

But lastly, the international solidarity associations ActionAid France, Peuples Solidaires and Oxfam Germany, published a report denouncing working conditions in the "Matias" plantations in Ecuador and "Finca Once" in Costa Rica, which are the direct suppliers ofbananasand D'pineappleOf Lidl supermarkets.

Dangerous and unacceptable working conditions

In a press release issued in July last year, the French non-governmental organization (NGO) called for the awareness and defense of producers who were completely powerless against the giants of distribution. Accusing directly the sign Lidl, the communiqué refers on the investigation addressing the conditions in which are harvested the fruits then bought.

Indeed, European brands influence negatively and dangerously the living conditions of foreign producers to minimize their costs.

On both plantations, there is an intensive use of pesticides, and the employees work during the aerial application of these chemicals. This is totally contrary to the recommendations of the Ecuadorian State. Qualified as "highly hazardous" and banned by the European Union, these productstoxicAre for agricultural workers but also for nearby residents. The result is no appeal for the health of these poor people who now suffer from cancers, respiratory diseases, miscarriages for women. The workers even talk of stocking.

Mute union demands

Non-existent contracts, unfair dismissals ... This is the right of the plantation workers, they have no access to their most basic rights and can be dismissed for any reason. A woman may be dismissed because she is pregnant. In addition, with verbal contracts, these employees are not covered socially.

These workers wanted to create a trade union, but were subjected to repression ranging from moral harassment to dismissal for daring to ask for better working conditions. One of the union workers, Isidrio Ochoa says that during the summer of 2014, he and his colleagues created a union in view of their miserable working conditions. Following the creation of the union, they were all dismissed. Isidrio even received threats from his former employer. This worker had to hide for a long time to finally lodge a complaint with the prosecutor's office, but this complaint has not been dealt with to this day.

Lately, in May 2017, the petition "Lidl: who actually pays the price of good things? "In favor of better working conditions in the plantations that provide the Lidl signs, harvested more than 60,000 signatures.

In order for these agricultural workers to finally work in decent conditions and to get out of poverty, real awareness is needed. It is therefore up to each of us to consume intelligently.

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Scandal, at, Lidl, Here, is, the, truth, about, the, favorite, sign, of, the, French, Youre, going, to, be, shocked, Established, since, 1988, in, France,, the, German, brand, Lidl,, has, for, five, consecutive, years, been, elected, as, the, best, chain, of, stores., This, large, area, attracts, a, large, number, of, customers, every, day,, innovating, regularly, to, facilitate, the, daily, life, of, consumers,, such, as, when, they, launched, their, bread, rolls, and, baked, goods, with, immediate, cooking., The, strategy, of, this, brand, is, based, on, a, management, "&, nbsp;, in, the, US, &, nbsp;", &, nbsp;, With, empowered, employees., However,, behind, this, strategy, and, ultra-competitive, prices, hides, a, shocking, reality., &, Nbsp;, The, Lidl, brand, is, plagued, by, controversy, and, polemics,, including, the, working, conditions, of, its, employees., In, order, to, reduce, costs, even, more,, the, management, of, the, company, is, described, as, tough., In, March, 2008,, a, German, weekly, revealed, that, Lidl, was, spying, on, employees, through, private, detectives,, illegal, surveillance, cameras, and, audio, tracks., Then, in, 2014,, Lidl, had, been, forced, by, the, Nancy, council, to, pay, damages, of, €, 15,000, for, the, unfair, dismissal, of, an, employee., &, Nbsp;, But, lastly,, the, international, solidarity, associations, ActionAid, France,, Peuples, Solidaires, and, Oxfam, Germany,, published, a, report, denouncing, the, working, conditions, in, the, plantations, "&, nbsp;, Matias, &, nbsp;", in, Ecuador, and, "&, nbsp;, Finca, Once, &, nbsp;", in, Costa, Rica,, which, are, Direct, suppliers, of, bananas, and, pineapples, to, Lidl, supermarkets., &, Nbsp;, Dangerous, and, unacceptable, working, conditions, &, nbsp;, In, a, press, release, issued, in, July, last, year,, the, French, non-governmental, organization, (NGO), called, for, the, awareness, and, defense, of, producers, completely, Powerless, against, the, giants, of, distribution., Directly, accusing, the, Lidl, brand,, the, statement, refers, to, an, investigation, into, the, conditions, under, which, fruits, are, harvested, and, then, bought., &, Nbsp;, Indeed,, European, brands, influence, negatively, and, dangerously, the, living, conditions, of, foreign, producers, to, minimize, their, costs., On, both, plantations,, there, is, an, intensive, use, of, pesticides,, and, employees, are, working, during, the, airborne, spraying, of, these, chemicals., Which, is, also, totally, contrary, to, the, recommendations, of, the, Ecuadorian, State., Qualified, as, "highly, hazardous", and, banned, by, the, European, Union,, these, toxic, products, are, toxic, to, agricultural, workers, but, also, to, nearby, residents., The, result, is, no, appeal, for, the, health, of, these, poor, people, who, now, suffer, from, cancers,, respiratory, diseases,, miscarriages, for, women., The, workers, even, talk, about, stocking., &, Nbsp;, Silent, union, demands, Non-existent, contracts,, unfair, dismissals, ..., This, is, the, right, of, plantation, workers,, they, do, not, have, access, to, their, most, basic, rights, and, can, be, dismissed, for, whatever, reason., A, woman, may, be, dismissed, because, she, is, pregnant., In, addition,, with, verbal, contracts,, these, employees, are, not, covered, socially., &, Nbsp;, These, workers, wanted, to, set, up, a, trade, union, but, were, subjected, to, repression, ranging, from, bullying, until, dismissal, for, daring, to, ask, for, better, working, conditions., &, Nbsp;, One, of, the, union, workers,, Isidrio, Ochoa,, tells, us, that, during, the, summer, of, 2014,, he, and, his, colleagues, set, up, a, trade, union, in, view, of, their, miserable, working, conditions., Following, the, creation, of, the, They, were, all, dismissed., Isidrio, even, received, threats, from, his, former, employer., This, worker, had, to, hide, for, a, long, time, to, finally, lodge, a, complaint, with, the, prosecutor's, office,, but, this, complaint, has, not, been, dealt, with, to, date., &, Nbsp;, Recently,, in, May, 2017,, the, petition, "Lidl:, who, is, actually, paying, the, price, of, good, things?, &, Nbsp;", in, favor, of, better, working, conditions, in, the, plantations, that, provide, the, Lidl, signs,, has, collected, over, 60,000, signatures., &, Nbsp;, &, nbsp;, ;, In, order, for, these, agricultural, workers, to, finally, work, in, decent, conditions, and, to, get, out, of, poverty,, real, awareness, is, needed., Therefore,, it, is, up, to, each, of, us, to, consume, intelligently., &, Nbsp;, Scandal at, at Lidl, Lidl Here, Here is, is the, the truth, truth about, about the, the favorite, favorite sign, sign of, of the, the French, French Youre, Youre going, going to, to be, be shocked, shocked Established, Established since, since 1988, 1988 in, in France,, France, the, the German, German brand, brand Lidl,, Lidl, has, has for, for five, five consecutive, consecutive years, years been, been elected, elected as, as the, the best, best chain, chain of, of stores., stores. This, This large, large area, area attracts, attracts a, a large, large number, number of, of customers, customers every, every day,, day, innovating, innovating regularly, regularly to, to facilitate, facilitate the, the daily, daily life, life of, of consumers,, consumers, such, such as, as when, when they, they launched, launched their, their bread, bread rolls, rolls and, and baked, baked goods, goods with, with immediate, immediate cooking., cooking. The, The strategy, strategy of, of this, this brand, brand is, is based, based on, on a, a management, management "&, "& nbsp;, nbsp; in, in the, the US, US &, & nbsp;", nbsp;" &, & nbsp;, nbsp; With, With empowered, empowered employees., employees. However,, However, behind, behind this, this strategy, strategy and, and ultra-competitive, ultra-competitive prices, prices hides, hides a, a shocking, shocking reality., reality. &, & Nbsp;, Nbsp; The, The Lidl, Lidl brand, brand is, is plagued, plagued by, by controversy, controversy and, and polemics,, polemics, including, including the, the working, working conditions, conditions of, of its, its employees., employees. In, In order, order to, to reduce, reduce costs, costs even, even more,, more, the, the management, management of, of the, the company, company is, is described, described as, as tough., tough. In, In March, March 2008,, 2008, a, a German, German weekly, weekly revealed, revealed that, that Lidl, Lidl was, was spying, spying on, on employees, employees through, through private, private detectives,, detectives, illegal, illegal surveillance, surveillance cameras, cameras and, and audio, audio tracks., tracks. Then, Then in, in 2014,, 2014, Lidl, Lidl had, had been, been forced, forced by, by the, the Nancy, Nancy council, council to, to pay, pay damages, damages of, of €, € 15,000, 15,000 for, for the, the unfair, unfair dismissal, dismissal of, of an, an employee., employee. &, & Nbsp;, Nbsp; But, But lastly,, lastly, the, the international, international solidarity, solidarity associations, associations ActionAid, ActionAid France,, France, Peuples, Peuples Solidaires, Solidaires and, and Oxfam, Oxfam Germany,, Germany, published, published a, a report, report denouncing, denouncing the, the working, working conditions, conditions in, in the, the plantations, plantations "&, "& nbsp;, nbsp; Matias, Matias &, & nbsp;", nbsp;" in, in Ecuador, Ecuador and, and "&, "& nbsp;, nbsp; Finca, Finca Once, Once &, & nbsp;", nbsp;" in, in Costa, Costa Rica,, Rica, which, which are, are Direct, Direct suppliers, suppliers of, of bananas, bananas and, and pineapples, pineapples to, to Lidl, Lidl supermarkets., supermarkets. &, & Nbsp;, Nbsp; Dangerous, Dangerous and, and unacceptable, unacceptable working, working conditions, conditions &, & nbsp;, nbsp; In, In a, a press, press release, release issued, issued in, in July, July last, last year,, year, the, the French, French non-governmental, non-governmental organization, organization (NGO), (NGO) called, called for, for the, the awareness, awareness and, and defense, defense of, of producers, producers completely, completely Powerless, Powerless against, against the, the giants, giants of, of distribution., distribution. Directly, Directly accusing, accusing the, the Lidl, Lidl brand,, brand, the, the statement, statement refers, refers to, to an, an investigation, investigation into, into the, the conditions, conditions under, under which, which fruits, fruits are, are harvested, harvested and, and then, then bought., bought. &, & Nbsp;, Nbsp; Indeed,, Indeed, European, European brands, brands influence, influence negatively, negatively and, and dangerously, dangerously the, the living, living conditions, conditions of, of foreign, foreign producers, producers to, to minimize, minimize their, their costs., costs. On, On both, both plantations,, plantations, there, there is, is an, an intensive, intensive use, use of, of pesticides,, pesticides, and, and employees, employees are, are working, working during, during the, the airborne, airborne spraying, spraying of, of these, these chemicals., chemicals. Which, Which is, is also, also totally, totally contrary, contrary to, to the, the recommendations, recommendations of, of the, the Ecuadorian, Ecuadorian State., State. Qualified, Qualified as, as "highly, "highly hazardous", hazardous" and, and banned, banned by, by the, the European, European Union,, Union, these, these toxic, toxic products, products are, are toxic, toxic to, to agricultural, agricultural workers, workers but, but also, also to, to nearby, nearby residents., residents. The, The result, result is, is no, no appeal, appeal for, for the, the health, health of, of these, these poor, poor people, people who, who now, now suffer, suffer from, from cancers,, cancers, respiratory, respiratory diseases,, diseases, miscarriages, miscarriages for, for women., women. The, The workers, workers even, even talk, talk about, about stocking., stocking. &, & Nbsp;, Nbsp; Silent, Silent union, union demands, demands Non-existent, Non-existent contracts,, contracts, unfair, unfair dismissals, dismissals ..., ... This, This is, is the, the right, right of, of plantation, plantation workers,, workers, they, they do, do not, not have, have access, access to, to their, their most, most basic, basic rights, rights and, and can, can be, be dismissed, dismissed for, for whatever, whatever reason., reason. A, A woman, woman may, may be, be dismissed, dismissed because, because she, she is, is pregnant., pregnant. In, In addition,, addition, with, with verbal, verbal contracts,, contracts, these, these employees, employees are, are not, not covered, covered socially., socially. &, & Nbsp;, Nbsp; These, These workers, workers wanted, wanted to, to set, set up, up a, a trade, trade union, union but, but were, were subjected, subjected to, to repression, repression ranging, ranging from, from bullying, bullying until, until dismissal, dismissal for, for daring, daring to, to ask, ask for, for better, better working, working conditions., conditions. &, & Nbsp;, Nbsp; One, One of, of the, the union, union workers,, workers, Isidrio, Isidrio Ochoa,, Ochoa, tells, tells us, us that, that during, during the, the summer, summer of, of 2014,, 2014, he, he and, and his, his colleagues, colleagues set, set up, up a, a trade, trade union, union in, in view, view of, of their, their miserable, miserable working, working conditions., conditions. Following, Following the, the creation, creation of, of the, the They, They were, were all, all dismissed., dismissed. Isidrio, Isidrio even, even received, received threats, threats from, from his, his former, former employer., employer. This, This worker, worker had, had to, to hide, hide for, for a, a long, long time, time to, to finally, finally lodge, lodge a, a complaint, complaint with, with the, the prosecutor's, prosecutor's office,, office, but, but this, this complaint, complaint has, has not, not been, been dealt, dealt with, with to, to date., date. &, & Nbsp;, Nbsp; Recently,, Recently, in, in May, May 2017,, 2017, the, the petition, petition "Lidl:, "Lidl: who, who is, is actually, actually paying, paying the, the price, price of, of good, good things?, things? &, & Nbsp;", Nbsp;" in, in favor, favor of, of better, better working, working conditions, conditions in, in the, the plantations, plantations that, that provide, provide the, the Lidl, Lidl signs,, signs, has, has collected, collected over, over 60,000, 60,000 signatures., signatures. &, & Nbsp;, Nbsp; &, & nbsp;, nbsp; ;, ; In, In order, order for, for these, these agricultural, agricultural workers, workers to, to finally, finally work, work in, in decent, decent conditions, conditions and, and to, to get, get out, out of, of poverty,, poverty, real, real awareness, awareness is, is needed., needed. Therefore,, Therefore, it, it is, is up, up to, to each, each of, of us, us to, to consume, consume intelligently., intelligently. &, & Nbsp;, Scandal at Lidl, at Lidl Here, Lidl Here is, Here is the, is the truth, the truth about, truth about the, about the favorite, the favorite sign, favorite sign of, sign of the, of the French, the French Youre, French Youre going, Youre going to, going to be, to be shocked, be shocked Established, shocked Established since, Established since 1988, since 1988 in, 1988 in France,, in France, the, France, the German, the German brand, German brand Lidl,, brand Lidl, has, Lidl, has for, has for five, for five consecutive, five consecutive years, consecutive years been, years been elected, been elected as, elected as the, as the best, the best chain, best chain of, chain of stores., of stores. This, stores. This large, This large area, large area attracts, area attracts a, attracts a large, a large number, large number of, number of customers, of customers every, customers every day,, every day, innovating, day, innovating regularly, innovating regularly to, regularly to facilitate, to facilitate the, facilitate the daily, the daily life, daily life of, life of consumers,, of consumers, such, consumers, such as, such as when, as when they, when they launched, they launched their, launched their bread, their bread rolls, bread rolls and, rolls and baked, and baked goods, baked goods with, goods with immediate, with immediate cooking., immediate cooking. The, cooking. The strategy, The strategy of, strategy of this, of this brand, this brand is, brand is based, is based on, based on a, on a management, a management "&, management "& nbsp;, "& nbsp; in, nbsp; in the, in the US, the US &, US & nbsp;", & nbsp;" &, nbsp;" & nbsp;, & nbsp; With, nbsp; With empowered, With empowered employees., empowered employees. However,, employees. However, behind, However, behind this, behind this strategy, this strategy and, strategy and ultra-competitive, and ultra-competitive prices, ultra-competitive prices hides, prices hides a, hides a shocking, a shocking reality., shocking reality. &, reality. & Nbsp;, & Nbsp; The, Nbsp; The Lidl, The Lidl brand, Lidl brand is, brand is plagued, is plagued by, plagued by controversy, by controversy and, controversy and polemics,, and polemics, including, polemics, including the, including the working, the working conditions, working conditions of, conditions of its, of its employees., its employees. In, employees. In order, In order to, order to reduce, to reduce costs, reduce costs even, costs even more,, even more, the, more, the management, the management of, management of the, of the company, the company is, company is described, is described as, described as tough., as tough. In, tough. In March, In March 2008,, March 2008, a, 2008, a German, a German weekly, German weekly revealed, weekly revealed that, revealed that Lidl, that Lidl was, Lidl was spying, was spying on, spying on employees, on employees through, employees through private, through private detectives,, private detectives, illegal, detectives, illegal surveillance, illegal surveillance cameras, surveillance cameras and, cameras and audio, and audio tracks., audio tracks. Then, tracks. Then in, Then in 2014,, in 2014, Lidl, 2014, Lidl had, Lidl had been, had been forced, been forced by, forced by the, by the Nancy, the Nancy council, Nancy council to, council to pay, to pay damages, pay damages of, damages of €, of € 15,000, € 15,000 for, 15,000 for the, for the unfair, the unfair dismissal, unfair dismissal of, dismissal of an, of an employee., an employee. &, employee. & Nbsp;, & Nbsp; But, Nbsp; But lastly,, But lastly, the, lastly, the international, the international solidarity, international solidarity associations, solidarity associations ActionAid, associations ActionAid France,, ActionAid France, Peuples, France, Peuples Solidaires, Peuples Solidaires and, Solidaires and Oxfam, and Oxfam Germany,, Oxfam Germany, published, Germany, published a, published a report, a report denouncing, report denouncing the, denouncing the working, the working conditions, working conditions in, conditions in the, in the plantations, the plantations "&, plantations "& nbsp;, "& nbsp; Matias, nbsp; Matias &, Matias & nbsp;", & nbsp;" in, nbsp;" in Ecuador, in Ecuador and, Ecuador and "&, and "& nbsp;, "& nbsp; Finca, nbsp; Finca Once, Finca Once &, Once & nbsp;", & nbsp;" in, nbsp;" in Costa, in Costa Rica,, Costa Rica, which, Rica, which are, which are Direct, are Direct suppliers, Direct suppliers of, suppliers of bananas, of bananas and, bananas and pineapples, and pineapples to, pineapples to Lidl, to Lidl supermarkets., Lidl supermarkets. &, supermarkets. & Nbsp;, & Nbsp; Dangerous, Nbsp; Dangerous and, Dangerous and unacceptable, and unacceptable working, unacceptable working conditions, working conditions &, conditions & nbsp;, & nbsp; In, nbsp; In a, In a press, a press release, press release issued, release issued in, issued in July, in July last, July last year,, last year, the, year, the French, the French non-governmental, French non-governmental organization, non-governmental organization (NGO), organization (NGO) called, (NGO) called for, called for the, for the awareness, the awareness and, awareness and defense, and defense of, defense of producers, of producers completely, producers completely Powerless, completely Powerless against, Powerless against the, against the giants, the giants of, giants of distribution., of distribution. Directly, distribution. Directly accusing, Directly accusing the, accusing the Lidl, the Lidl brand,, Lidl brand, the, brand, the statement, the statement refers, statement refers to, refers to an, to an investigation, an investigation into, investigation into the, into the conditions, the conditions under, conditions under which, under which fruits, which fruits are, fruits are harvested, are harvested and, harvested and then, and then bought., then bought. &, bought. & Nbsp;, & Nbsp; Indeed,, Nbsp; Indeed, European, Indeed, European brands, European brands influence, brands influence negatively, influence negatively and, negatively and dangerously, and dangerously the, dangerously the living, the living conditions, living conditions of, conditions of foreign, of foreign producers, foreign producers to, producers to minimize, to minimize their, minimize their costs., their costs. On, costs. On both, On both plantations,, both plantations, there, plantations, there is, there is an, is an intensive, an intensive use, intensive use of, use of pesticides,, of pesticides, and, pesticides, and employees, and employees are, employees are working, are working during, working during the, during the airborne, the airborne spraying, airborne spraying of, spraying of these, of these chemicals., these chemicals. Which, chemicals. Which is, Which is also, is also totally, also totally contrary, totally contrary to, contrary to the, to the recommendations, the recommendations of, recommendations of the, of the Ecuadorian, the Ecuadorian State., Ecuadorian State. Qualified, State. Qualified as, Qualified as "highly, as "highly hazardous", "highly hazardous" and, hazardous" and banned, and banned by, banned by the, by the European, the European Union,, European Union, these, Union, these toxic, these toxic products, toxic products are, products are toxic, are toxic to, toxic to agricultural, to agricultural workers, agricultural workers but, workers but also, but also to, also to nearby, to nearby residents., nearby residents. The, residents. The result, The result is, result is no, is no appeal, no appeal for, appeal for the, for the health, the health of, health of these, of these poor, these poor people, poor people who, people who now, who now suffer, now suffer from, suffer from cancers,, from cancers, respiratory, cancers, respiratory diseases,, respiratory diseases, miscarriages, diseases, miscarriages for, miscarriages for women., for women. The, women. The workers, The workers even, workers even talk, even talk about, talk about stocking., about stocking. &, stocking. & Nbsp;, & Nbsp; Silent, Nbsp; Silent union, Silent union demands, union demands Non-existent, demands Non-existent contracts,, Non-existent contracts, unfair, contracts, unfair dismissals, unfair dismissals ..., dismissals ... This, ... This is, This is the, is the right, the right of, right of plantation, of plantation workers,, plantation workers, they, workers, they do, they do not, do not have, not have access, have access to, access to their, to their most, their most basic, most basic rights, basic rights and, rights and can, and can be, can be dismissed, be dismissed for, dismissed for whatever, for whatever reason., whatever reason. A, reason. A woman, A woman may, woman may be, may be dismissed, be dismissed because, dismissed because she, because she is, she is pregnant., is pregnant. In, pregnant. In addition,, In addition, with, addition, with verbal, with verbal contracts,, verbal contracts, these, contracts, these employees, these employees are, employees are not, are not covered, not covered socially., covered socially. &, socially. & Nbsp;, & Nbsp; These, Nbsp; These workers, These workers wanted, workers wanted to, wanted to set, to set up, set up a, up a trade, a trade union, trade union but, union but were, but were subjected, were subjected to, subjected to repression, to repression ranging, repression ranging from, ranging from bullying, from bullying until, bullying until dismissal, until dismissal for, dismissal for daring, for daring to, daring to ask, to ask for, ask for better, for better working, better working conditions., working conditions. &, conditions. & Nbsp;, & Nbsp; One, Nbsp; One of, One of the, of the union, the union workers,, union workers, Isidrio, workers, Isidrio Ochoa,, Isidrio Ochoa, tells, Ochoa, tells us, tells us that, us that during, that during the, during the summer, the summer of, summer of 2014,, of 2014, he, 2014, he and, he and his, and his colleagues, his colleagues set, colleagues set up, set up a, up a trade, a trade union, trade union in, union in view, in view of, view of their, of their miserable, their miserable working, miserable working conditions., working conditions. Following, conditions. Following the, Following the creation, the creation of, creation of the, of the They, the They were, They were all, were all dismissed., all dismissed. Isidrio, dismissed. Isidrio even, Isidrio even received, even received threats, received threats from, threats from his, from his former, his former employer., former employer. This, employer. This worker, This worker had, worker had to, had to hide, to hide for, hide for a, for a long, a long time, long time to, time to finally, to finally lodge, finally lodge a, lodge a complaint, a complaint with, complaint with the, with the prosecutor's, the prosecutor's office,, prosecutor's office, but, office, but this, but this complaint, this complaint has, complaint has not, has not been, not been dealt, been dealt with, dealt with to, with to date., to date. &, date. & Nbsp;, & Nbsp; Recently,, Nbsp; Recently, in, Recently, in May, in May 2017,, May 2017, the, 2017, the petition, the petition "Lidl:, petition "Lidl: who, "Lidl: who is, who is actually, is actually paying, actually paying the, paying the price, the price of, price of good, of good things?, good things? &, things? & Nbsp;", & Nbsp;" in, Nbsp;" in favor, in favor of, favor of better, of better working, better working conditions, working conditions in, conditions in the, in the plantations, the plantations that, plantations that provide, that provide the, provide the Lidl, the Lidl signs,, Lidl signs, has, signs, has collected, has collected over, collected over 60,000, over 60,000 signatures., 60,000 signatures. &, signatures. & Nbsp;, & Nbsp; &, Nbsp; & nbsp;, & nbsp; ;, nbsp; ; In, ; In order, In order for, order for these, for these agricultural, these agricultural workers, agricultural workers to, workers to finally, to finally work, finally work in, work in decent, in decent conditions, decent conditions and, conditions and to, and to get, to get out, get out of, out of poverty,, of poverty, real, poverty, real awareness, real awareness is, awareness is needed., is needed. Therefore,, needed. Therefore, it, Therefore, it is, it is up, is up to, up to each, to each of, each of us, of us to, us to consume, to consume intelligently., consume intelligently. &, intelligently. & Nbsp;