Press Releases – Stop Child Labor – The Child Labor Coalition

Press Releases

Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi to Keynote a Conversation on Ending Global Child Labor

October 1, 2026: Nobel Peace Laureate and global child rights advocate Kailash Satyarthi will join

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Thu Oct 1 2026

Chocolate Scorecard 2026 Reveals Most Companies Still Failing Children and Cocoa Farmers —but Making Progress on Transparency

Media Contact: Lisa McDonald, Vice President of Communications, 202-207-2829 Washington, DC – The

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Thu May 7 2026

119th Congressional Bills endorsed by the Child Labor Coalition:

March 30th, 2026: The Child Labor Coalition, comprised of 38 organizational members, endorses the

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Mon Mar 30 2026

Press Statement: The Child Labor Coalition is Disappointed Over Indiana Governor Braun’s Signing into Law a Bill That Dismantles the State’s Teen Worker Tracking System

March 10th, 2026: The Child Labor Coalition (CLC) is disappointed by Gov. Mike Braun’s signing

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Tue Mar 10 2026

“I Was Losing Pieces of My Childhood,” Former Child Farmworker Urges Action to End Child Labor in Speech to Be Remembered

By Reid Maki, Director of Child Labor Coalition The recent 6th Global Conference on the Elimination

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Tue Feb 24 2026

Child Labor Coalition Applauds Introduction of the CARE Act of 2025 on Universal Children’s Day

November 20th, 2025: Today, on World Children’s Day, Representative Raul Ruiz (CA-25)

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Thu Nov 20 2025

Durbin, Delauro Introduce Bill To Ban Child Labor On Tobacco Farms

May 13th, 2025: .S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro

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Wed May 14 2025

Press Release: 100+ organizations urge full restoration of USDOL/ILAB programming and staffing to fight against child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking

April 22nd, 2025: More than 100 organizations urge full restoration of USDOL/ILAB programming and

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Tue Apr 22 2025

Civil Society Groups Alarmed by Cuts to ILAB Grants to Address Forced Labor and Child Labor

April 22nd, 2025: A statement signed by over 100 organizations urges the restoration of grant

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Tue Apr 22 2025

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