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In Agriculture, child labor, child labor in agriculture, Child labor in cotton, Child Labor News, Children in the Fields, Corporate Social Responsibility, Hazardous Labor, worst forms child labor Posted June 5, 2012

India: IKEA Pledges $10M to Fight Child Labor in India’s Cotton Fields – IndiaWest

Children make up much of the cotton picking labor pool in many Indian states. (UNICEF photo) The IKEA Foundation announced May 15 that it has pledged $10 million to Save The Children, India, to [...]

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In Child Labor News, Human Trafficking Posted May 9, 2012

Swaizland: A source of sex trafficking – Swazi Observer

“As a result of the government's establishment of a trafficking-specific hotline in June 2010, law enforcement authorities investigated seven suspected child trafficking cases based on tips [...]

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In Agriculture, child labor, child labor in agriculture, Child Labor News, Children in the Fields, Hazardous Labor, U.S. News Posted May 8, 2012

USA: Pitting Child Safety Against the Family Farm – New York Times Opinion Page

Pitting Child Safety Against the Family Farm – New York Time Opinion Page Last month, a proposal by the United States Department of Labor to prevent children under age 16 from working in [...]

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In Agriculture, child labor in agriculture, Child Labor News, Child workers, Children in the Fields, U.S. News Posted April 27, 2012

USA: Shame on Obama Administration for Sacrificing Children to Keep Agribusiness Happy – Public Citizen Press Release

The Obama administration on Thursday once again sided with industry instead of workers on regulations and withdrew the Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rules that would have restricted [...]