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In reply to the discussion: Defending GMOs on grounds that they are not poisonous is like defending manufacturers who exploit [View all]Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)to both its customers(farmers), and workers.
For example, they have a program set up to compensate organic/non-gmo farmers who have cross pollination issues with their GMO crops. They have NOT sued farmers for accidental cross pollination, but only those who purposefully cultivated GMO crops and violated their seed contracts. Other farmers, generally have no complaints about how Monsanto treats them. Same for how they treat workers, though I've heard they outsource IT work to subcontractors all the time, and turnover is high. I live in St. Louis, and its typical talk in the industry here, great to work for, except the IT work is generally shit, but not unusual for the industry.
Now, you could say this is just done for the publicity, Monsanto is in the unenviable position of being under a microscope all the time, or it could be that, since it was spun off from the last buyout, the company isn't remotely connected to the Monsanto that has existed for the better part of the 20th century.