Child Labor Articles

Boston Globe - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley fined two companies operating at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield for violating child labor laws. Live Nation Incorporated and Sports Service are accused of having minors work beyond 10 p.m. on school days ...

Age - It is estimated more than 100,000 children work in the Ivory Coast's cocoa industry under "the worst forms of child labor," and that about 10,000 are slaves. As the Ivory Coast produces 43 per cent of the world's cocoa, it is likely almost half the ...

Nevada Appeal - The term "sweatshop" became synonymous with low wages, long working hours, child labor, and unsafe working conditions. Consumers showed their disapproval of such business practices by boycotting certain companies and many investors demanded corporate ...

Associated Press - LONDON (AP) -- 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 ...

Common Dreams - It was enough to make you vomit all over your new denim jacket. The Gap has been caught using child labor in an Indian sweatshop, and not just child labor–child slaves. As extensively reported on the news, the children, some as young as ten, were ...

Forbes - Wal-Mart's record with repeated child labor violations, labor law violations and discrimination lawsuits has recently been trumped by national news of its growing dismal record on recalled products. "Wal-Mart's consumer record is scary," says Jackie ...

Alexandria Daily Town Talk - Parents and employers need to be aware that specific rules apply for child employment during the school year, the Louisiana Department of Labor says. “Because the law places more limits on working hours when school is in session, we want to ensure ...

Boston Herald - T wo companies operating at the Tweeter Center are being fined $16,000 for a string of child labor law violations, including keeping kids at work for long hours and late at night, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced this afternoon. All told ...

Associated Press - NEW DELHI (AP) -- 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 ...

Boston Globe - BOSTON -- Attorney General Martha Coakley has fined two companies operating at a Massachusetts concert venue for violating child labor laws. Live Nation Incorporated and Sports Service are accused of having minors work beyond 10 p.m. on school days ...