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• Bargains Galore! But Who Pays the Price?

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 530
  This holiday season not every child will be free to play with new toys; an estimated 211 million child laborers exist worldwide, with no access to education and no option but grueling work. Traffickers lure many millions of the young away from their families, while millions more are born into debt bondage and forced ...
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• Child Labor On Rise in Burma-vdo

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 157
  Number of under age children working in Burma are raising. Children are out of school and getting all kinds of jobs to support families.
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• Troops called out in Bloomington Normal Illinois, Mother Jones appears!!!

  
  Dummidumbwit's Weblog — Authority: 144
  Troops called out in Bloomington Normal Illinois Mother Jones appears!!! Mother Jones played key role in 1917 streetcar strike Pantagraph.com: May 12, 2007 By Bill Steinbacher-Kemp Archivist/Librarian, McLean County Museum of History BLOOMINGTON — Mother Jones , the ...
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• ILRF Report: Gymboree = Child Labor

  
  Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print — Authority: 515
  Earlier today, I mocked the American Family Association for its call this year to boycott companies that don’t use the word “Christmas” enough in their advertising. Pardon me for being blunt, but a matter like that is utterly trivial compared to something like forced child labor . Do you have a second ...
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• LL Bean Responds with Grace

  
  Labor is Not a Commodity — Authority: 416
  Bama Athreya, Executive Director, ILRF   Just in time for Thanksgiving, the outdoor clothing brand LL Bean has made a significant commitment to work with ILRF to end forced child labor in cotton.  Last week, we released our Sweatshop Hall of Shame , and to our surprise, were compelled to name LL Bean as one ...
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• What Do Health-Care Reform, the 40-Hour Work Week, Unemployment Insurance, the Minimum Wage, etc., Have in Common?

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 649
  Well, they were all brought to you be political progressives, they were all opposed by political conservatives, and they all are now viewed as fundamental presuppositions of a healthy society by virtually everyone.  Okay, all but health-care reform, but trust…
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• GINA is Here: Complying With "HER" Regulations

  
  HR Observations — Authority: 411
  Ok, I know that I took some liberties with "Geena" to match "GINA" in sound, but hey, it is Monday morning. GINA, or the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act went into effect on Saturday and as of that date employers must comply with Title II of the act. (Title I is a requirment for insurance companies to comply ...
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• Legal requirements for employing minors in the Philippines

  
  BusinessAccent.com: Man, mind, marketing, money and manners — Authority: 123
  All work and no play makes Juan dela Cruz a dull “boy.”   Our boys and girls are supposed to be playing and schooling, not working.  This is perhaps what lawmakers had in mind when they crafted laws protecting minors who are employed.  Thus, even if our laws allow minors to work, it is subject to [...]Related ...
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• Twentieth Anniversary of UN’S Convention on Rights of the Child – Has it Made a Difference?

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 581
  Today is the 20th anniversary of UN’s Convention on Rights of the Child and various ceremonies are being held all over the world to mark the event. This Convention on Rights of the Child (CRC) was signed in 1989 and it endorses and guarantees basic right of all children to life, education, play and protection from ...
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• Just Make Your Own: Cantena Chain Clock

  
  Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome — Authority: 741
  I like this clock . I cant exactly say why but I think its because it costs $2,338 and is definitely something my son team of highly skilled artisans could recreate for a fraction of the cost, ultimately saving you, the sucker, a bundle. one of our favorite wall clocks, the catena wall clock harkens back to ...
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• Colbert takes on child labor

  
  Labor is Not a Commodity — Authority: 416
  Tim Newman, Campaigns Director, International Labor Rights Forum Last week, I wrote about how big businesses in the US are lobbying against bans on the importation of products made using forced and child labor and linked to a clip from the Rachel Maddow Show .  Sadly, this is not the first time companies like ...
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• Nov. 20 A Vow of Silence for Children Without a Voice: IAmSilent.com

  
  Shaping Youth — Authority: 123
  Nov.19, 2009 I was planning on posting a homecoming piece and also part one of the eModeration internet safety interview, when I remembered I signed the “Vow of Silence” from Free the Children to represent children who have no voice. (go to  www.IAmSilent.com ) On top of that, it’s opening ...
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• News…

  
  Children — Authority: 124
  UNFPA: Impoverished women bear brunt of climate change The UN Population Fund has found the world’s primary agricultural workers — impoverished women — will bear the brunt of catastrophic climate change resulting from global warming. The UNFPA called for greater equality for women to relieve the ...
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• Migrants Children Fall Victims Of Illegal Workshop In Guangxi

  
  ChinaCSR.com — Authority: 431
  An explosion in a village workshop in Hezhou, Guangxi, has killed one child and injured 13 others.Of these victims, five were reported to have burns covering 90% of their bodies, five others suffered 55%-78% burns, and three 12%-40% burns.Preliminary investigations found that the victims range from seven to 15 years ...
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• Author is part of Modern Slavery Anthology for Children

  
  Children — Authority: 124
  The Foreign Policy Association’s Children’s Blogger, Cassandra Clifford, has a chapter in the newly released ‘At Issue: Slavery Today’, designed for middle and high school students. Cassandra, who is also the Executive Director and Founder of Bridge to Freedom Foundation, which assists survivors of modern ...
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• Echoblowcation: Nota Bene #2009-41

  
  Scholars and Rogues — Authority: 601
  A few things for you NB readers: 1. NB is now numbered by year-issue instead of marked by date; 2. NB will continue to be issued weekly, but not necessarily on Monday night/Tuesday morning; 3. I liked last week’s format ( quoted line from source ) so much I’m repeating it. Enjoy! … “[O]ur recovery is likely to ...
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• Over The Hills [Snap Judgment]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 813
  [Rawalpindi, Pakistan; November 17. Image via Getty ] A girl plays hide and seek at the end of her work day at a brick factory in Rawalpindi, on the outskirts of capital Islamabad on November 17, 2009. Officially, Pakistan admits its 3.3 million children are at work helping their economically crippled families to ...
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• Shop with a Conscience Consumer Guide Launched

  
  Labor is Not a Commodity — Authority: 416
  By Brett Eisenbrown, Intern, International Labor Rights Forum As the holiday shopping season rolls around, I often find myself at a lost.  I am not what one calls a “good shopper.”  In fact, when I was younger my mother and I limited ourselves to one day of shopping a year in order to preserve our ...
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• Be My (Fair-Trade) Valentine

  
  Carrie and Danielle — Authority: 518
  Today, many of us will be celebrating Valentine’s Day. It’s estimated that about 50% of us will do it with candy –and that probably means chocolate. The Love Drug On this day of love, nothing quite says “I love you” like chocolate, and lots of it. Its texture seduces. Its taste comforts all ills. ...
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• Jon Gosselin sues TLC citing child labor laws

  
  Hobbies Fun & entertainment - fun-entertainment.marc8.com — Authority: 166
  Jon Gosselin has filed a counter lawsuit against the TLC network, claiming television producers violated Pennsylvanias child labor laws in filming the hit reality show "Jon & Kate Plus 8" and are preventing him from working. read more
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