New! CLC Statement on Introduction of the CARE Act (09.16.2009)

On 2009 World Day against Child Labor CLC Urges Action to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor

Child Labor Advocates Decry Ongoing Teen Worker Injuries, Call on DOL to Adopt ‘No-Brainer’ Recommendations

NCL's Sally Greenberg Named CLC Co-Chair

CLC Responds to Child Labor Horrors in Fashion Industry

Recent North Carolina Teen Death Raises Questions about Youth Worker Safety

CBS Fall Show ‘Kid Nation’ Preys on Participants, Shows Reality of Out-of-Touch American Child Labor Laws

Youth Worker Forklift Death Evidence of Need for Updates to Child Labor Laws

Child Labor Advocates Offer Strong Criticism of DOL’s Proposed Rulemaking on Youth Protections

Read the CLC's comments to DOL

CARE Act Would Protect 500,000 Child Farmworkers; Child Labor Advocates Call for Long Overdue Updates to Young Worker Protections

Advisory:      Children in the Fields: An American Problem

June 12 Briefing on Capitol Hill in Recognition of ILO World Day against Child Labor

CLC Statement: UNC Study Corroborates CLC Position on Teen Workers

CLC Statement: Twenty Years of Congressional Inaction: Magazine Sales Crews

 

2006 Press Releases

Protecting Working Youth Should be a Priority

New CLC Report on U.S. Decline in Child Labor Enforcement

CLC calls on Federal Government to Increase Funding to Combat Exploitative Child Labor

Advocacy Group Releases New Information from States Showing Ongoing Child Labor Enforcement Woes

2005 Press Releases

‘Applies Only to Child Labor’: Child Advocates Say Wal-Mart Deal Underscores Pervasive Mindset at Labor Department

Survey: American Public Says Young Farmworkers Deserve Equal Protection

Survey Report

Questionnaire

Raw data

Statement of Linda Chavez Thompson, Executive Director, AFL-CIO
CARE Bill Summery
 

Thanks to the American Federation of Teachers (CLC co-chair) for their support of the Press Conference

Child Labor Coalition’s Statement on Industry’s Progress on the Worst Forms of Child Labor In Cocoa Growing

Activists Call U.S. Child Labor Situation Atrocious

CLC Calls Attention to World Day against Child Labor - Child Labor in Mines and Quarries

Activists: Stop Child Labor at Wal-Mart Now

Child Labor Advocates Call Wal-Mart Settlement Disastrous

Bush Department of Labor Not Protecting America’s Young Workers

 

2004 Press Releases

State Child Labor Survey Reveals Lackluster Enforcement Efforts

Miami Trafficking Incident Brings National Problem to Light, Says Consumer Group

Children's World Congress on Child Labor, May 2004

2003  Press Releases

ALERT: Spot and Report the Trafficking and Exploitation of Children and Youth

 

2002 Press Releases

Government Reports Show Working Teens at Risk

Child Labor Activists to World Cup Fans: Who’s Making Those Soccer Balls?

 

2001 Press Releases


Statement of Child Labor Coalition Regarding Child Labor in Cocoa Fields

Former Child Actors, Child Labor Activists, Legislators Meet at Capitol Hill Forum on Abusive Child Labor

Response to ABC 20/20 Reporter John Stossel's Report on Child labor Laws
 

2000 Press Releases 

Agreement Bans Use of Children in War

1999 Press Releases 

Child Labor Abuses Remain a Problem in the U.S.
Youth Peddling: Kids in Danger
 

1998 Press Releases 

Third Anniversary of the Murder of Iqbal Masih, Pakistani Child Activist


1997 Press Releases 

Global March Against Child Labor Launched Today: World's First United Stand to End Exploitation of Children
 

Speeches and Statements

"Health, Education, and Labor and the Convention on the Rights of the Child"

Go to the National Consumers League's press room for more speeches, statements, and news releases of child labor and sweatshops.