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An estimated 211 million children between the ages of 5 and 14 are working around the world according to the International Labor Organization.
Of these, 120 million children are working full time to help support their impoverished families. Although child labor is most common in the Global South, it is found throughout the world, including the US. Child laborers are often exposed to conditions extremely harmful to their physical and mental well-being.
The International Labor Rights Forum has played a leading role in fighting to eradicate the child labor by highlighting the use of child labor in the production of imported goods from foreign countries, increasing consumer awareness and action, and promoting the passage of important legislation.
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Tell Firestone to Honor the New Contract with Liberian Workers!
Workers on Firestone's rubber plantation in Liberia signed a new collective bargaining agreement with the company. Send an e-mail to Firestone NOW!
Tell Cargill and ADM to Stop Supporting Slavery!
Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland are fighting against a provision in the Farm Bill which would provide importers with a voluntary way to demonstrate to consumers that their products are harvested without the worst forms of child labor or forced labor. Click below to take action!
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Check out this video which features interviews with two child laborers on Firestone's rubber plantation.
Recent Headlines
- Revealed: child labour used to make NHS instruments Guardian (UK)
- Wal-Mart: A bully benefactor Fortune Magazine
- Asian textile mills circumventing boycott of Uzbekistan's cotton Forrest Laws
- 15 and Broke in a Cut-Throat Congo Mining Town New York Times
- Child labor continues in Uzbek cotton fields Fibre2Fashion
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Children enjoying a snack in India.
Credit: Robin Romano
Slavery in Soccer Ball Production
The International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF) and Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) in India released a detailed report on the extensive use of child labor and debt bondage in the production of soccer balls in two communities in India: Jalandhar and Meerut.
Firestone Workers Sign New Contract!
Workers on Firestone's rubber plantation in Liberia signed a new collective bargaining agreement with the company. Send an e-mail to Firestone NOW!
Cocoa Company Scorecard
The problem of trafficked child labor in cocoa harvesting surfaced in 2001 and consumers have been demanding reform since that time. The chocolate companies have all made lofty promises, but how many have delivered?