| History of unions 101 http://eurekareporter.com/a... Child Labor Articles Eureka Reporter - Unions are responsible for many of the conditions and job protections we expect today, including the 40-hour work week, the eight-hour day, overtime wage premiums, rest periods, occupational safety, employee benefits and child labor laws. Many craft ... |
| Callous Conservative http://www.washingtonpost.c... Child Labor Articles Washington Post - Religious social reformers fought to end child labor and improve public health. It is hard to imagine they would have used the teachings of Christ to justify cutting off lifesaving drugs for tens of thousands of African children -- an argument both ... |
| STC Library to present lecture http://www.kcchronicle.com/... Child Labor Articles Kane County Chronicle - Adams and her associates began social-reform methods that formulated how America and the world conduct social reform today, such as Occupational Health and Safety, Social Security, National Consumers League, U.S. Children’s Bureau, child-labor laws ... |
| Is the Cocoa Industry Afraid of Commitment? http://www.commondreams.org... Child Labor Articles Common Dreams - ... the CEO’s of major chocolate companies represented by the Chocolate Manufacturers Association (CMA) who received gifts: bouquets of fair trade certified flowers with a note attached calling on them to make a real commitment to ending child labor on ... |
| Moving beyond fast fashion to sustainable styles http://www.iht.com/articles... Child Labor Articles International Herald Tribune - Veja's fair trade sneakers are made from organic cotton and natural latex from the Amazon - a big leap from the sweatshop and child labor situations rife in the sports shoe market. "Green" fashion also encompasses underwear and high fashion. Elena ... |
| Chocolate's bittersweet economy http://money.cnn.com/2008/0... Child Labor Articles CNN Money - This type of child labor isn't supposed to exist in Ivory Coast. Not only is it explicitly barred by law - the official working age in the country is 18 - but since the issue first became public seven years ago, there has been an international ... |
| US: India needs to battle bonded labor, step up efforts to prosecute ... http://news.uk.msn.com/Arti... Child Labor Articles MSN UK News - India deserves credit for helping victims of sex trafficking and child labor but needs to take action against bonded labor and do more to prosecute exploiters, a senior U.S. official said Thursday. "I traveled to India last September and it deserves ... |
| Voice of the People http://www.nydailynews.com/... Child Labor Articles New York Daily News - Bronx: To Voicer Heather Moore of PETA: In condemning Pedro Martinez's cockfighting in the Dominican Republic, you speak of changing "shameful" customs (i.e. cockfighting) in the same breath as slavery, child labor and segregation. It is obvious that ... |
| Avoid items made by child labor http://www.mcall.com/busine... Child Labor Articles Allentown Morning Call - | For years American consumers have faced the challenge of recognizing and avoiding goods manufactured by child laborers, estimated to number 218 million by the U.N.'s International Labor Organization. Forbes' magazine writer Megha Bahree suggests ... |
| US Aid to Fight Philippine Child Labor http://hosted.ap.org/dynami... Child Labor Articles Associated Press - MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- The United States said Wednesday it would provide $5.5 million to the Philippines to help combat the use of child labor. The initiative seeks to remove 18,000 children from hazardous work sites and professions and also ... |