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Wal-Mart and two other top retailers said Friday they are suspending business with a large southwestern Michigan blueberry grower after investigators found children as young as 6 working in the grower's fields.
A new Labor Department report identifies more than 58 countries where child labor or forced labor is used to make hundreds of goods — from coffee grown in Colombia to Christmas decorations made in China — that often end up in the United States.
Children picking tobacco in the fields of Malawi for consumers far beyond the African country's borders are being poisoned as they absorb up to two cigarette packs' worth of nicotine each day, a children's rights organization said Monday,
The owner and former managers of a northeast Iowa kosher slaughterhouse have been granted a delay in trial on thousands of state child labor charges.
Nearly a thousand new charges have been filed in the state's prosecution of alleged child labor violations at a kosher meatpacking plant in northeast Iowa.
Britain's state-funded health service on Monday published plans to ensure hospitals know where their surgical instruments are coming from, after acknowledging that some may be produced by child laborers in Pakistan.
The owner and managers of the nation's largest kosher meatpacking plant were charged Tuesday with more than 9,000 misdemeanors alleging they hired minors and had children younger than 16 handle dangerous equipment such as circular saws and meat grinders.
A kosher meatpacking company accused of violating Iowa child labor laws denied knowingly hiring any minors and said Wednesday that the government's allegations are "inflammatory."
Deep in the mechanic's pit, 12-year-old Jihad Robin found refuge, secretly smoking cigarettes on a break from his job in a car repair shop.
The United States said Wednesday it would provide $5.5 million to the Philippines to help combat the use of child labor.
Gap Inc. is pulling 50 percent of its orders placed with a vendor whose subcontracting led to children sewing some of the retailer's clothes in squalid conditions in India.
India's trade minister insisted Tuesday that activists were hyping accusations of child labor in the country, taking a defensive stand following a report that Gap Inc. had sold clothes made by children in a New Delhi sweatshop.
With Gap Inc. under fire for selling clothes made by children in India, activists and police raided a sweatshop in New Delhi where 14 boys were embroidering women's garments Monday, illustrating the widespread problem of child labor in the South Asian country.
Clothing retailer Gap Inc. said Sunday that it will convene all of its Indian suppliers to "forcefully reiterate" its prohibition on child labor after a British newspaper found children as young as 10 making Gap clothes at a sweatshop in New Delhi.
A ban on child labor took effect Tuesday, but at roadside food stalls across New Delhi, many of the boys and girls who serve glasses of piping hot tea, wash dishes, mop floors and take out trash were not celebrating.
Blueberry Grower Shunned Over Child Labor ChargesWal-Mart and two other top retailers said Friday they are suspending business with a large southwestern Michigan blueberry grower after investigators found children as young as 6 working in the grower's fields.
Rachel Maddow: Corporations Are "Child Labor-Endorsing, Pro-Slavery Freaks" for Trying to Skirt Trade Laws"How will the corporations save themselves from that onerous rule that you can't use slaves and prisoners and children to make your products"?
From the I @!$%# You Not File: Business Aims to Relax Bans on Products Made with Child & Slave LaborWe've seen corporations use "free trade" agreements to quietly camouflage their push for exploitable labor in broader arguments about globalization. What we haven't seen is corporate special interests openly push for U.S.
When Child Labor Laws Don't Necessarily Help ChildrenWhen ABC broadcast an exposé on child labor in agriculture and specifically focused on the Adkin Blue Ribbon Packing Company, the reaction was both predictable and inevitable.
Child Labor: Young Children Working in Blueberry Fields, Some Retailers Sever Ties to Large GrowerSome store chains have stopped buying blueberries from a major company due to its use of child labor. Apparently child labor is used commonly in the fields by various companies.
Labor Department exposes goods made by child labor A new Labor Department report identifies more than 58 countries where child labor or forced labor is used to make hundreds of goods — from coffee grown in Colombia to Christmas decorations made in China — that often end up in the United States.
Child labor used in cosmetics industryThe article is on two pages. If you prefer to view it on one, click here.
India has tens of millions of child laborA non-profit in the Indan state of Karnataka is working toward fixing the problem of child labor at its source: Indian villages.
Jon and Kate Plus 8 Under Child Labor InvestigationThe Pennsylvania Department of Labor is investigating whether "Jon & Kate Plus 8" is complying with child labor laws, according to AP. And one has to wonder what took so long. Sure, it may seem like it's a case of kicking people when they're down.
He's Back! The GOP's Little Superstar (Sad Video)Conservative wunderkind Jonathan Krohn was interviewed by CBS's Bob Schieffer today, in case you want to feel sad. Krohn, 14, recently spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference, to rousing applause and adulation.
Actor was worried about dominatrix's 15-year-old daughter doing film makeupThe girl was 15 and living with her mother and two teenage brothers above a sex dungeon in a Dartmouth apartment building late last year when two people called child protection workers to report that the girl was doing makeup for a porn film and was exposed to drugs and living in …
TheStar.com | Global Voices | Your shirt off their backsWhen cotton makes up 60 per cent of his country's export earnings, everyone is expected to pitch in. Through school closures and campaigns encouraging loyalty to the president and the country, the government sends children to the fields.
Going Global - Globalizing the New Deal -- washingtonpost.comHarold Meyerson discusses the growing need for global solutions and global regulatory structures to match our global marketplaces and multinational corporations which often have larger GDP than many countries.
Oprah Clashes With Coburn On Protect Our Children Act»Yesterday, Oprah Winfrey urged her viewers to contact their senators and ask them to support the (H.R. 3845/S. 1738), which authorizes over $320 million over the next five years for law enforcement to investigate child exploitation:
State and Federal Authorities File Charges Against Corporate Executives Including the Owner Following Huge Immigration Raid.Postville, Ia. — Agriprocessors' owner and four executives at the meatpacking plant could face jail time under a slew of criminal charges filed Tuesday.
8-year-old guitar wiz has reason to play the blues8-year-old Tallan is a blues guitar prodigy. He's played in bars and clubs, including the House of Blues in Chicago, and even jammed with Les Paul and Jackson Browne.
A Day in the Life of a Candy BarStop at almost any checkout counter and you'll find dozens of varieties of candy bars. In the United States, where people consume an average of 10 kilograms (22 pounds) of candy each per year, candy bars are associated with popular holidays like Halloween and Valentine's Day.
I Was a SlaveMy name is Rambho Kumar and I am 11 years old. I used to work at home, and I also used to play and roam around with the kids living nearby. A man named Shankar and the owner of the loom came one day to my house and gave 700 rupees [$15] for me.
Gap Initiative on workers' rights in IndiaA year after being embroiled in a child labour controversy, leading US apparel and footwear brand Gap has embarked on a national initiative for welfare of children and women in collaboration with the Ministry of Women and Child Development and various state governments.
Luxury cotton's true cost exposed - children as young as seven working to supply cotton to the westAn investigation by The Observer into Britain's growing upmarket cotton market has uncovered children as young as seven working on Nile Valley plantations that provide cotton to the UK.
Working Flat Out - the Child Labour Behind Your Egyptian Cotton SheetsIn the West, Egyptian cotton has become a byword for luxury and no top-class hotel is complete without starched white sheets from North Africa adorning its beds, but the fields along the Nile are full of children working 10-hour shifts in intense heat.
A recent issue of Forbes Magazine has a cover image of a young boy, laboring away as his underaged hands weave a carpet for export. The cover copy suggests I'll find a story about child labor inside. I'm intrigued.
Chocolate-love, with a dose of fair trade activism Valentines Day -- aka chocolate day -- is coming up. And while I'm all about yummy chocolates, I'm peeved that a lot of the choco in the US could still be tainted by illegal child labor.
Woe Christmas Tree: Wal-Mart Buys Ornaments From a Chinese SweatshopJust in time for the holidays, teenage whistleblowers expose the factory where kids make tree-trimmings on the cheap.
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