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CLC and 57 Groups Urge Congress to Pass the “Children Don’t Belong in Tobacco Fields” Legislation Banning ChildLabor in US Tobacco

[Our  NGO letter supports legislation to ban child labor in US tobacco fields. There is both a
Tue May 19 2015

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
Mon May 11 2015

The Legacy of César Chávez on César Chávez Day – How his vision inspires our work on child labor

Do you ever think about people from the past you wish you could go back in time to meet? At the top
Tue Mar 31 2015

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
Fri Feb 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

Ending Child Slavery…All Together Now!

by Jill Christianson, National Education Association On a sunny day late in September, I tagged
Wed Nov 19 2014

GoodWeave’s Nina Smith on Nobel Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi–an engineer of freedom

[This article originally appeared in The Christian Science Monitor on October 21, 2014] By Nina
Wed Oct 29 2014

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