May 13th, 2025: National Farm Medicine Center is US leader on farm safety for kids, but loss of staff and funding puts programs in jeopardy
February 12th, 2025: Today, the National Consumers League (NCL) voices its strong opposition to the newly introduced legislation, the Nullify Occupational Safety and Health Administration Act, which seeks to abolish the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
January 23rd, 2025: Today, the National Consumers League (NCL) applauds the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) for their recent efforts to combat unlawful child labor practices, following several significant enforcement actions in the past week.
“The End of Women and Children’s Rights: Outage as Iraqi Law Allows Child Marriage” – “The Iraqi parliament has passed a ‘terrifying’ law permitting children as young as nine to marry.’ Read Guardian article here.
July 23rd, 2024: On June 3, 2024, the UN Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) released its annual report.
June 5th, 2024: Wadi El Nil Association, Andrews Addoquaye Tagoe recognized for stellar efforts
June 25th, 2024: The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment in a federal court ordering a City of Industry meat processor and a Downey staffing agency to surrender $327,484 in illegal profits made from sales of products associated with oppressive, exploitative child labor.
June 14th, 2024: In honor of World Day Against Child Labor, Reid Maki, the director of child labor issues and coordinator of the Child Labor Coalition, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to talk about his organization’s work to end abusive child labor practices
June 11th, 2024: Bills to increase fines…
May 14th, 2024: Citing work by The Washington Post, shareholders are asking the companies for a zero-tolerance policy at their franchises
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