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Transport union TSSA adopts orangutan to highlight palm oil dangers
An orangutan

by Conrad Landin

TRANSPORT union TSSA resolved to adopt an orangutan today as it swung behind the campaign against palm oil production.

The union also pledged to “minimise” its own use of palm oil products and push for a potential Jeremy Corbyn-led Labour government to remove subsidies for the industry.

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