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UFCW works with many labor organizations in the quest to end of child labor and exploitation. In addition to global abuses, labor pushes to secure and enforce legislation protecting American and Canadian children from workplace hazards.


Casa Alanzia Information and newsfeeds about child labor, street children, shooting of children in Latin America

Child Labor Official Senator Tom Harkin site

child labor Fact Monster Encyclopedia

Child Labor: Issues, Causes, and Prevention The lack of enforcement of labor restrictions perpetuates child labor

Child Labor and the Global Village: Photography for Social Change A team of 11 photographers who will be photographing the worlds of 11 child workers around the world.

Child Labor: Issues and Directions for the World Bank

CHILD LABOR: Philippine Scenario Child labor is one of the many concerns in the Philippines and, most disturbingly, one of the most rampant problems we face

Child Labor Project American Federation of Teachers, AFL•CIO

Child Labor Coalition (CLC) Promotes research, education and advocacy

Child Labor Information from UNICEF    Chances are you may have supported child labor on your last shopping trip

Child Labor Resource Guide Whom to contact at your State Department of Labor for information concerning your state child labor law.

Child Safety in Farming and Agriculture National Ag Safety Database

Child Slave Labor laws Immaculata High School

Child Slavery In Haiti - Restaveks Thousands of children are living in slavery in Haiti 

Child Workers in Asia

Child Workers in Nepal Concerned Centre A pioneer organisation in Nepal for the rights of the child and against child labour exploitation

Children of Conflict  BBC

Consumer Campaigns, Legistlation, and Best Practice Solutions The National Consumers League urges consumers to continue to question the manufacturers and retailers with whom they do business

CoprWatch Exposing Sweatshops

DOL Wage and Hour Division 

Federal child labor laws Child labor is stringently regulated in the United States.

Forced Child Labor Command Center Title 19 United States Code, § 1307, prohibits importation of products made, in whole or in part, with the use of convict, forced, or indentured labor under penal sanctions.

Free The Children - India Site for child slaves and beggers

Free the Children International international network of children helping children through representation, leadership and action

Hand-Knotted Rugs & Carpets Child labor is rampant in the hand-knotted rug industry

Human Rights Watch Report on the rights violations and risks for child farmworkers who work under dangerous conditions in US agriculture 

International Labour Organization Advocates the abolition of child labour and the protection of children and young persons against work of a character or under conditions unsuitable to their age

The International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF),  A nonprofit action and advocacy organization

The Littlest Laborers: Why Does Child Labor Continue To Thrive In The Developing World? March 16, 2000 in the Washington Post

Just do it! Boycott NIKE! Updated daily

Organizations unite against exporting child labor 1998. LA Nacion S.A

NIKE: Nike Shoes and Child Labor in Pakistan This case study will examine the claims and describe the industry and its impact on laborers and their working conditions

No sweat! The UK campaign against sweatshops  - Includes Nike

North American Guidelines for Children's Agricultural Tasks Each year, more than 100 children are killed and 33,000 seriously injured on farms and ranches in the United States.

Officials: Crackdown on child labor working SLAM! Sports Canadian and International soccer News  

Organising against child labour Le Monde diplomatique 1998

Read About Rugmark Rugmark sends inspectors to factories producing handmade rugs to check for illegal child laborers and provides a label that assures a rug made without child labor

RUGMARK Foundation  A global nonprofit organization working to end child labor and offer educational opportunities for children in India, Nepal and Pakistan

South Asian Coaliation on Child Servitude Mission: To identify,  liberate,rehabilitate,and educate the children in servitude through direct intervention,coalition building and mass mobilisation.

Stolen Dreams Virtual gallery of photographs by David Parker, MD, MPH

Suffer The Little Children Enslaved in sweat shops, degraded as sex toys, ravaged by war, crippled by poverty. Meet our world's children. Nominated for a National Newspaper Award

A Tough Buy: Child-Woven Carpets  Christian Science Monitor

What is Child Labor? Definition by Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees

Where We Stand: Knotted Rugs by AFT President Albert Shanker

Child Labor in Agriculture. ERIC Digest 

Child labor in African diamond mines  Anti-Slavery Society


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