Patricia Ortiz, directing attorney, at the California Rural Legal Assistance, gives insight on common fears among ...

Throughout most of human history, child labor, or the use of children as workers, has been practiced. However, it reached its ...

The governor cited declining state revenues for the budget vetoes. Legislators and advocates say funding for child care and ...

At GreenAmerica.org, you can sign a petition to get child labor off our dinner plates and send a message to Tyson Foods, JBS, Cargill, and Perdue to strengthen their policies and procedures around ...

Observed on June 12, World Day Against Child Labour highlights the urgent need to end child exploitation worldwide, advocating education and safety for all children.

June 12 is World Day Against Child Labor as promoted by the International Labour Organization and UNICEF. Despite some progress, around one in 10 children globally work in ways that are deemed ...

The 19th century is often referred to as the “dark century” for child labor exploitation. In factories, children worked 13 to 15 hours a day, performing tasks that no machine could replicate.

Federal agencies that enforce labor, environmental and agricultural laws have seen layoffs, budget cuts and attacks on federal workers in recent months.

Rather than ethically addressing labor shortages by implementing fair wages, workplace improvements and immigration reform, state leaders are turning to children as expendable sources of cheap labor.

Sen. Josh Hawley urged Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer to open a child labor investigation into Tyson Foods on Tuesday after receiving a whistleblower report.

After facing public backlash, plus criticism from some Republican lawmakers, a Florida bill that sought to roll back certain child labor protections has officially died in the state Senate ...

Notably, the Florida Policy Institute found that Florida had 209 child labor violations in 2023, which amounted to the second-highest number of child labor violations in the state since 2008.