Press Releases

CLC Press Release: 47 Members of Congress Ask President Obama to Ban Child Labor in US Tobacco before He Leaves Office

For immediate release: October 18, 2016 Contact: Reid Maki, Child Labor Coalition, (202)
Tue Oct 18 2016

CHILD LABOR COALITION PRESS RELEASE: Advocates join Nobel Laureate Satyarthi in plea to President to ratify UN Convention on Rights of the Child

For immediate release: June 13, 2016 Contact: Reid Maki, Child Labor Coalition, (202) 207-2820,
Mon Jun 13 2016

CLC PRESS RELEASE: Congress narrowly avoids shutdown of programs targeting child labor

85 million children are currently in dangerous, dirty, and degrading jobs; $53 million saved in
Wed Dec 23 2015

Press Release: Child Labor Coalition expresses concern about child and adult workers killed in recent factory collapse in Pakistan

          For immediate release: November 6, 2015 Contact: Child Labor
Fri Nov 6 2015

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
Wed Feb 4 2015

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
Wed Jan 21 2015

CHILD LABOR COALITION PRESS RELEASE: 50 Groups Urge President Obama to Take Action to Protect Child Tobacco Workers in the US

(Washington, DC) Fifty US-based organizations called on President Obama to protect children in US
Thu Aug 28 2014

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