CLC Support Statement for the Restoration of Child-Labor Funding
Child Labor Coalition Statement in Support of the Restoration of
Funding for US Department of Labor’s ILAB Child-Labor Programs
The Child Labor Coalition, whose members include the following 35 groups, representing millions of Americans, supports the continued full funding and operation of the Department of Labor’s child labor programs, operated through ILAB (International Labor Affairs Bureau).
We find these invaluable programs to be a critical tool in the fight against child labor, child trafficking, and child slavery and believe they have played a significant role in the reduction of child labor by one-third—over 60 million children—since 2001.
Additional supporters follow this list of CLC members:
American Federation of Teachers
Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs
Bank Information Center
Beyond Borders
buildOn
Communications Workers of America
Farmworker Justice
First Focus Campaign for Children
Free the Slaves
Global Campaign for Education—US
Global Fairness Initiative
GoodWeave
Human Rights Watch
Injury Control Research Center, West Virginia University
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
International Initiative to End Child Labor
International Labor Rights Forum
Media Voices for Children
Migrant Legal Action Program
National Association of State Directors of Migrant Education
National Consumers League
National Education Association
National Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Association
The Ramsay Merriam Fund
Save the Children
Solidarity Center, AFL-CIO
United States Fund for UNICEF
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
United Methodist Church, Board of Church and Society
United Methodist Women
United Mine Workers of America
Walden Asset Management
A World at School
Winrock International
World Vision
Additional organizational endorsements in support of restoring ILAB funding:
The Association for Childhood Education International
GlobalGirl Media
Rukmini Foundation
School Girls Unite
Youth Activism Project
