Viewpoints

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

CHILD LABOR COALITION PRESS RELEASE: The Child Labor Coalition applauds the selection of Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai as recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize

Washington, DC – The Child Labor Coalition (CLC), a group of 34 organizations dedicated to

Wed Oct 15 2014

Open Letter to the President: CLC Members are Joined By Other NGOs and Ask the Adminstration to Protect Child Tobacco Workers in the US

Dear Mr. President, We write to you as organizations representing millions of Americans, including

Thu Aug 28 2014

Save the Children: Border Children Need Help Now

[The following op-ed appeared in USA Today on July 29th. To view it on USA Today’s page,

Fri Aug 1 2014

NCL Expresses Grave Concern about Bolivia’s Decision to Lower the Age of Work to Ten

Washington, DC—The National Consumers League (NCL), the nation’s oldest consumer advocacy

Tue Jul 22 2014

CLC Joins other NGOs in Applauding Downgrade of Thailand in 2014 Trafficking Report Rankings

Letter to Secretary of State John Kerry regarding Thailand’s downgrade in the 2014 TIP Report

Mon Jul 21 2014

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