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Recent Child Labor News (August 31, 2015)

Recent child labor news: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nestle claims it will make KitKat sustainable in 2016:

Mon Aug 31 2015

Buried Childhoods — Child Labour in Mining and Quarrying

Jestoni* quit school at age 14 in order to take part in small-scale mining as a means to

Wed Aug 19 2015

Artwork and Essays from Migrant Children Who Toil in U.S. Agriculture

by Madeline Daniels, First Focus Campaign for Children “It’s a summer day, the sun is rising,

Wed Jun 17 2015

Join us for our World Day Against Child Labor congressional briefing held on June 11th

The RSVP deadline has been removed…Please join us:

Fri Jun 5 2015

CLC and 57 Groups Urge Congress to Pass the “Children Don’t Belong in Tobacco Fields” Legislation Banning ChildLabor in US Tobacco

[Our NGO letter supports legislation to ban child labor in US tobacco fields. There is both a

Tue May 19 2015

NCL’s 2015 Five Most Dangerous Jobs For Teens:

Tips for Teen Workers, Parents, and Employers to Help Working Teens Stay Safe in the Work Place

Sun May 17 2015

44 Groups Sign-On to CLC Letter Asking Major Tobacco Companies for Better Wages, Collective Bargaining for US Farmworkers and Expansion of the Dunlop Commission Process

[Child Labor Coalition letter mailed May 4, 2015 to Reynolds American Inc., Phillip Morris

Tue May 12 2015

New Legislation Introduced to Protect US Children Working in Tobacco Fields –Please Call Your Member of Congress and Ask them to Support

Children Don’t Belong on Tobacco Farms Act The Children Don’t Belong on Tobacco Farms Act

Mon May 11 2015

Hazardous Labor

In 2012, more than half of child laborers—85 million—are in hazardous work (down from 171

Mon Mar 16 2015

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