Viewpoints

When the Wrong Messenger Delivers the Right Message

June 11, 2026: When the wrong messenger delivers the right message. There are moments in advocacy

119th Congressional Bills endorsed by the Child Labor Coalition:

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

Representing survivor voices at the Sixth Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labor (by a young survivor of child labor)

March 8, 2026 By Sumitra Basnet There was a time in my life when work filled my days, and school

Progress at Risk as Global Leaders Confront the Ongoing Child Labor Crisis — a Blog by Reid Maki

February 25, 2026: In Marrakech, Morocco, on Wednesday morning, the 6th Global Conference on the

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

By Reid Maki, NCL Director of Child Labor Advocacy & Coordinator of the Child Labor Coalition

Letter Urging Governor DeWine to Protect Ohio Children and Veto SB 50

November 17, 2026: Sally Greenberg, CEO of the National Consumers League and Chair of the Child

75-plus Organizations Endorse “Children Don’t Belong on Tobacco Farms”, H.R. 3335, Legislation

In the U.S., you must be 21 years old to buy cigarettes, but exemptions to child labor laws allow

Tu Rinsche’s Deep Dive on Cocoa with its Long-standing, Widespread Child Labor

August 28, 2025: Please see this excellent primer on child labor in cocoa policy from Tu Rinsche,