Department steps into gap to protect child workers

Department steps into gap to protect child workers

CHILD labour is a human rights issue. It is a curse on society that has a negative effect on the country’s growth and development. When children are exploited for economic gain, everyone loses. When even one child is exploited, every one of us is diminished.

At Least 10 Percent of World's Children Are in Forced Labor, US Department of Labor Study Finds

At Least 10 Percent of World's Children Are in Forced Labor, US Department of Labor Study Finds

A new survey revealed that at least 10 percent of the world's children are in forced labor and 40 percent of countries are not doing enough to protect the children, according to the Guardian.

Young Children Are Working One of America's Most Dangerous Jobs – And It's Totally Legal

Young Children Are Working One of America's Most Dangerous Jobs – And It's Totally Legal

If you're a 7-year-old in the U.S., you are by law too young to buy a cigarette at the counter — but you are old enough to work in the tobacco fields as a day laborer.

Congresswoman Moves To Crack Down On Children In Fields

Congresswoman Moves To Crack Down On Children In Fields

An NBC Bay Area investigation into child labor has prompted a renewed push to change the law governing children working in American fields.

Samsung Enjoys Record Profits While Employing Child Labor

Samsung Enjoys Record Profits While Employing Child Labor


While Bloomberg was reporting on Friday that Samsung had reported a record operating profit jumping to 91 percent, I was reading a scathing report titled "Samsung Factory Exploiting Child Labor," which made me wonder: did Samsung's huge leap in profits come off the backs of child laborers? Members of China Labor Watch (CWL) who were responsible for the report stated that they "were stunned by the results of the investigation of HEG Electronics, which showed that the practice of hiring child labor is prevalent in this factory." HEG Electronics is an important partner of South Korea's Samsung, processing such products as mobile phones, DVDs, stereo equipment and MP3s for Samsung.

Samsung accused over child workers

Samsung accused over child workers


Electronics giant Samsung has been accused of illegally using child labour and mistreating workers in China.

Samsung investigating Chinese child labor abuse allegations

Samsung investigating Chinese child labor abuse allegations

Samsung on Tuesday announced it is investigating child labor abuse allegations stemming from an undercover report released Monday, which claims the company's Chinese manufacturer HEG is employing workers as young as 14.

Our love of cheap products continues to fuel underground child labour

Our love of cheap products continues to fuel underground child labour

Though the Canadian government has announced a national strategy to fight the last frontiers of slavery, the road ahead is bitterly long and backbreaking.

Obama criticized in reversal on child farm-labor regulations

Obama criticized in reversal on child farm-labor regulations

The Obama administration’s move to scrap a plan that would prevent some children from working in dangerous farm jobs drew sharp rebukes Friday from child-welfare advocates who claim the president caved in to election-year pressure from farmers and Republicans.

Child Labor Farm Rules Scrapped By White House Under Political Pressure

Child Labor Farm Rules Scrapped By White House Under Political Pressure

Facing political pressure from Republicans and farming groups, the White House has decided to scrap rules proposed last year that would have prevented minors from performing certain agricultural work deemed too dangerous for children.

Federal government probes Victoria's 'secret' that luxury underwear made from cotton picked by 'abused child slaves'

Federal government probes Victoria's 'secret' that luxury underwear made from cotton picked by 'abused child slaves'

The U.S. federal government is launching a probe into billion-dollar brand Victoria’s Secret after a report released last month claimed the fair trade cotton used in its bras and panties was harvested by child labour.

Flashback: Child Labor Advocate Newt Gingrich Once Slammed Businessman For Hiring Teens To Take Out The Trash

Flashback: Child Labor Advocate Newt Gingrich Once Slammed Businessman For Hiring Teens To Take Out The Trash

Republican voters seem quite taken with the idea factory that is Newt Gingrich. But, as conjurer of “moon colonies and space mirrors” and “invented people,” the idea Gingrich seems most taken with is the reinstatement of child labor. Believing child labor protection laws are “tragic” and “truly stupid,” Gingrich wants to replace “unionized janitors” with poor children who can learn legal work habits by cleaning the bathroom, or better yet, as “apprenti” for attention-seeking tycoon Donald Trump.

Newt Gingrich: 'Kids shouldn't work in coal mines'

Newt Gingrich: 'Kids shouldn't work in coal mines'

Newt Gingrich does not want to send your children into the coal mines.

So he said on WNYM this morning, telling radio host Curtis Sliwa that when he suggested putting kids to work in their schools, he wasn't thinking of the Dickensian child-labor force his critics imagine.

Gingrich seeks to clarify statements on poor children and work

Gingrich seeks to clarify statements on poor children and work

Seeking to douse a recent controversy, Newt Gingrich said Monday that his assertions about putting poor children to work deal specifically with those who are in public housing projects and other areas with few employed adults.

Newt Gingrich defends anti-child labor law stance

Newt Gingrich defends anti-child labor law stance

Newt Gingrich has said it before, and evidently, he’ll say it again and again: Poor kids should be scrubbing school bathrooms.

Gingrich: Really Poor Kids Don’t Know How To Work — Unless It’s Illegally

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Gingrich: Really Poor Kids Don’t Know How To Work — Unless It’s Illegally

On Thursday, Newt Gingrich reaffirmed previous comments that child labor laws are “truly stupid.” At a campaign event in Iowa, Gingrich explained that poor children need to learn how to earn money, rather than get it illegally.

New changes in child labor target family farm operations

New changes in child labor target family farm operations

Proposed changes in federal child labor rules threaten the very core of South Dakota family farm and ranch operations by limiting employing and training the next generation of producers, according to producers and others involved in agriculture.

Nestle 'to act over child labour in cocoa industry'

Nestle 'to act over child labour in cocoa industry'

Global food giant Nestle says it has taken a major step to end child labour on cocoa farms supplying its factories.

Newt Gingrich derides child labor laws, says poor kids should work as janitors

Newt Gingrich derides child labor laws, says poor kids should work as janitors

We shouldn’t bother reforming education for poor kids, Newt Gingrich says. Forget graduation rates — what these kids need is to spend more time scrubbing bathrooms.

Gingrich to School Aged Kids: Get a Job

Gingrich to School Aged Kids: Get a Job

During a speech given at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Newt Gingrich raised some eyebrows in the audience, and likely rolled the stomachs of his presidential campaign team once again. Blaming “the core policies of protecting unionization and bureaucratization” for softening up Society in general, and America’s children in particular, the newest GOP front-runner said current child labor laws are “truly stupid.”