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06/10/2016

Celia Ortiz was only 11 when she started working on to***co fields in North Carolina. When most children were sleeping late, watching television, or riding their bicycle during spring breaks, Celia would wake up each morning at five to harvest crops for 10 or 12 hours in extremely dangerous conditions. She worked on to***co fields for seven years. "When you're a child, you're out there because you need the money," she said. "It's not like you're looking for fun."

"This is perfectly legal in the US," says Zama Coursen-Neff, executive director of the children's rights division at Human Rights Watch. "[It is legal] because of a loophole in child labor laws that makes it legal for children to work in agriculture at far younger ages, for far longer hours, under far more hazardous environments."

06/10/2016

If you are in the Washington DC area, consider attending this event to promote ending child labor on June 14th. Registration is free and closes on June 10th.

The U.S. Department of Labor and the Child Labor Coalition cordially invite you to a panel discussion on approaches for addressing child labor in supply chains, with experts from civil society and the private sector including:
•Jo Becker of Human Rights Watch
•Beth Gottschling Huber of GoodWeave International
•Amanda White of Divine Chocolate
•Genevieve Taft of Coca-Cola
•Judy Gearhart of International Labor Rights Forum

Every year the international community recognizes World Day Against Child Labor with events held in countries around the world to raise awareness about the issue. This year, World Day is focusing on what can be done to keep child labor out of supply chains. The U.S. Department of Labor and the Child...

04/15/2015

All updates, petitions and information will now be posted on our new page: www.facebook.com/EndChildLaborInTheUS. Like our new page to stay current on our anti-child labor efforts.

HR 2764: To amend the fair labor standards act of 1938 to strengthen the provisions related to child labor.

12/01/2014

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HR 2764: To amend the fair labor standards act of 1938 to strengthen the provisions related to child labor.

03/24/2014

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HR 2764: To amend the fair labor standards act of 1938 to strengthen the provisions related to child labor.

03/21/2014

We will be migrating to a new page! Please consider liking the "End Child Labor in the United States" page to get the most up-to-date information on child labor and trafficking campaigns!

HR 2764: To amend the fair labor standards act of 1938 to strengthen the provisions related to child labor.

03/20/2014

"Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot UN-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. We have seen the future and the future is ours."
--Cesar Chavez

Will you commit to watching and promoting the Cesar Chavez film coming out on March 28th? https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13zl4SWcGocBmJ52QKawl21LVTU1YUyFETPqQfRFhLcw/viewform

A biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer, Cesar Chavez.

In Theaters 3.28.14

09/21/2011

On Wed. Sept 28 (12-1pm) Join us! And picket the US-Uzbekistan Annual Business Forum at the W Hotel in DC and Stop Forced Child Labor

The Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan is infamous for its widespread abuses of human rights and its state policy of forcing children to work in cotton fields across the country. That won’t stop the American-Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce from advocating for continued business partnerships with the ...

08/29/2011

Human rights campaigners say Chinese factories using children as young as 14 and that workers forced to do overtime

08/17/2011

http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE77B12V20110812

After creating law but not enforcing the laws, Afghanistan vows to set the standards on child labor in the mining industry.

KABUL (Reuters) - For around $2 a day some Afghan children as young as 10 work long hours in the country's coal mines with no safety gear and, until now, no government mining policy to protect them. While

08/17/2011

Child Labor Coalition urges the Department of Labor to commit to increase enforcement efforts on behalf of children farmworkers after ABC aired a segment about berry farm workers in Washington state.

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