The first time I gave a book talk about Out of Sight, there was someone in the audience who worked on these issues and couldn't get past that I was calling on the American government to step in to solve the problems of out of...
child labor
On July 7, 1903, Mary "Mother" Jones launched the Children's Crusade in support of a Philadelphia textile strike and to raise awareness about the need to end child labor. Marching.
While the nation only cares about the presidential election, the routine daily horrors of the world continue without abatement and it's high time we remember that these things are happening.
On June 3, 1918, the Supreme Court, in the case of Hammer v. Dagenhart, overturned the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act, once again proving a reactionary force in the fight for Americans to live decent lives. Child labor was a gigantic problem in early twentieth century...
Stephen Moore is just joining a chorus of Republicans longing for the good old days of child labor. The White House review comes as Mr. Moore is dealing with a.
Today is World Day Against Child Labor and even as everything in our country is collapsing around us, it's worth remembering the problems we used to be concerned with, such.
Half of the workforce of the artisanal mining sector is comprised of children. Without viable economic alternatives, most children must join their parents in rudimentary mining pits. Children as young as two years transport, wash, and crush minerals to earn half...
When I read stories about the exploitation of children in global agribusiness, I get furious because they never get to root causes. This story about the widespread use of child.
Scott Walker loves him some Foxconn. So much he basically handed over his entire state to it. And who wouldn't love a company that has to put up suicide nets.
I certainly understand that everyone is paying attention to the nightly treason of Uday and Qusay Trump, but it's at least worth noting that the Trump Department of Labor will do absolutely nothing about the kids working in North Carolina fields to pick your food,...
While the world burns with new horrors daily, the old horrors continue, such as child labor for global supply chains that protect multinational corporations from responsibility by offloading all risk.
On May 1, 1899, Florence Kelley began her work for the National Consumers' League. Not only was the Consumers League a critical organization in the fight against child labor, but.