Child Labor and Sweatshops
Child Labor and Sweatshops | Consumer Pressure Can Reduce the Use of Sweatshops
Linda F. Golodner is president of the National Consumers League, an organization that works to bring consumer power to bear on market and labor issues.
Summary: Consumer pressure can effectively reduce the use of sweatshop labor and child labor. Early in the twentieth century, consumer groups helped to bring about the implementation of labor standards in the United States that abolished child labor, required a minimum wage, and protected the right to collective bargaining. In the 1990s, several companies responded to consumer outrage against sweatshops...
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Table of Contents
- Child Labor and Sweatshops: An Overview
- An Indictment of Sweatshops
- A Defense of Sweatshops
- Sweatshops Must Be Recognized as a Human Rights Violation
- Sweatshops Often Benefit the Economies of Developing Nations
- Child Labor Is Beneficial
- The United States Should Ban Imports of Products Made by Children
- Efforts to Ban Goods Made by Children Are Counterproductive
- Consumer Pressure Can Reduce the Use of Sweatshops
- Efforts to Reduce the Use of Sweatshops Are Misguided
- International Partnerships Must Reduce the Use of Child Labor
- Campaigns Against Child Labor Are Protectionist and Imperialist
- Workplace Codes Could Prevent Sweatshop Abuses
- Workplace Codes Will Not Prevent Sweatshop Abuses
- Product Labeling Programs May Not Reduce Child Labor
- Youth Activism Can Help Reduce Child Labor
- Educators Should Encourage Student Activism Against the Use of Sweatshops
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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