Agriculture

PRESS RELEASE: Child Labor Coalition Applauds State Department Downgrade of Uzbekistan in the Trafficking-in-Persons Report

For immediate release: June 25, 2013 Contact: Reid Maki, (202) 207-2820, reidm@nclnet.org On June

Tue Jun 25 2013

International Workers, Employers, Governments Call on Uzbekistan to End Forced Labor, Child Labor

Press release: June 11, 2013 The International Labour Organization supervisory body recommends that

Fri Jun 14 2013

CLC Member ILRF Calls on U.S. Customs Service to Halt Imports of Forced Labor Cotton from Uzbekistan

(Washington, D.C.) – A formal complaint against the importation of cotton from Uzbekistan grown

Fri May 24 2013

Please Join Our Protest Against Forced Child Labor in Uzbekistan, Monday, March 11

The Child Labor Coalition and the Cotton Campaign are seeking your help: Stop Forced Labor, Forced

Mon Jan 7 2013

Number of Companies Pledging to Avoid Uzbek Cotton Zooms Past 100

The Cotton Campaign recently passed an important milestone in the fight to protect children in

Thu Dec 20 2012

New Report Grades Apparel Companies on Efforts to Combat Slavery

News from Free2Work and Not for Sale: We are pleased to announce the release of a report

Thu Nov 15 2012

Raise the Bar, Hershey! Campaign Welcomes Hershey’s Announcement to Source 100% Certified Cocoa by 2020

[News from the Raise the Bar, Hershey! Campaign:] Coalition urges Hershey and all chocolate

Thu Oct 4 2012

Rwanda: Northern Province Records High Levels of Child Labor

By Bosco R. Asiimwe, 24 July 2012 [from AllAfrica.com] As the government moves to eliminate the use

Fri Sep 14 2012

Nestle Audit Finds Child Labor Violations in Cocoa Supply

By Dermot Doherty and Stanley James – Jun 29, 2012 9:51 AM ET [from Bloomberg] Nestle SA

Fri Jun 29 2012

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