News & Resources

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

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

Hazardous Labor

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

Latin America and the Middle East

There are 13 million (8.8%) of children in child labor in Latin America and the Caribbean  

Child labor among girls is falling…

Child labor among girls fell by 40% between 2000 and 2012, compared to 25% for boys.   Source:

CLC-Member Human Rights Watch: No Virginia, Tobacco Fields are Not a Place for Children

By Zama Coursen-Neff, Human Rights Watch “Are you saying my parents were stupid?” From

CLC-Member the National Consumers League Condemns the Defeat of a Child Labor Bill in Virginia

For immediate release: February 4, 2015 Contact: Ben Klein, National Consumers

NATIONAL CONSUMERS LEAGUE PRESS RELEASE : Move to ban youth work in Virginia tobacco fields welcome by advocates

Washington, DC—Last week’s introduction of a bill in the Virginia state legislature to prohibit