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NCL: Grain Silos are Death Traps on Farms—Efforts to Protect Workers, Especially Teens, Must be Stepped Up

NATIONAL CONSUMERS LEAGUE PRESS STATEMENT For immediate release: October 30, 2012 Contact: Reid
Mon Nov 5 2012

Poultry processor House of Raeford to pay fine for child labor violations at Teachey, NC, plant following US Department of Labor investigation

U.S. Department of Labor Press Release/Wage and Hour Division [Oct. 16, 2012] TEACHEY, N.C. —
Mon Oct 29 2012

Human Rights Watch’s Jo Becker: The U.S. Can Do More to Keep Children Off the Battlefield

[This blog originally appeared on the Huffington Post on 10/04/2012] President Barack Obama
Thu Oct 25 2012

Child Mining

An estimated 1 million children perform hazardous work in mines around the
Wed Oct 24 2012

Child Trafficking

According to UNICEF, 1.2 million children are trafficked each year–many for purposes of
Wed Oct 24 2012

CHILD LABOR COALITION PRESS RELEASE: Child Labor Coalition decries shooting of 14-year-old education activist Malala Yousafzai in Pakistan

For immediate release: October 12, 2012 Contact: Reid Maki, (202) 207-2820, reidm@nclnet.org
Fri Oct 12 2012

Human Rights Watch’s Zama Coursen-Neff on The Hidden Victims of Tobacco

The smoking habits of the presidential candidates keep coming up: Barack Obama’s efforts to
Thu Oct 4 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

Ivory Coast

According to a Tulane University study, 40 per cent of the 820,000 children working in cocoa in
Thu Oct 4 2012

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