March 30th, 2026: The Child Labor Coalition, comprised of 38 organizational members, endorses the following child labor bills in the 119th Congress.
March 10th, 2026: The Child Labor Coalition (CLC) is disappointed by Gov. Mike Braun’s signing into law House Bill 1302, which dismantles the state’s system for tracking teen workers.
February 25th, 2026: In Marrakech, Morocco, on Wednesday morning, the 6th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour opened at the Palais des Congrès to a palpable air of excitement.
February 25, 2026: The recent 6th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour included high-ranking officials from over 100 governments, the ILO, trade groups, and employer groups.
December 3rd, 2025: Children living in South Africa’s farming regions may be experiencing reduced cognitive performance because of routine exposure to agricultural pesticides, new research has found.
October 31, 2025: In the U.S., you must be 21 years old to buy cigarettes, but exemptions to child labor laws allow 12-year-olds to harvest toxic tobacco.
August 28th, 2025: Why Business Must Lead on Ending Child Labor and Forced Labor in the Cocoa Supply Chain
August 15th, 2025: An award-winning letter about the possible weakening of child labor laws in Ohio by 17-year-old high school student Michelle Huang.
June 16th, 2025: To highlight the challenges refugees face worldwide, especially issues that affect children, we have compiled a fact sheet to inform people on this worldwide day of recognition.
May 13th, 2025: .S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today reintroduced legislation to protect child workers from the dangers of exposure to tobacco plants, including nicotine poisoning.
CLC members—the Ramsay Merriam Fund, the American Federation of Teachers, and the National Education Association—made this web site possible through their generous support.