Child Labor and Sweatshops | Sweatshops Must Be Recognized as a Human Rights Violation

Timothy Ryan is a representative in South Asia for the American Federation of Labor–Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).

Summary: The life and death of Iqbal Masih, a Pakistani child activist, reveals that sweatshops are not solely the result of economic hardship. After escaping from a six-year bondage as a carpet weaver, Masih campaigned against the exploitation of child laborers in industrial plants before his murder at the age of twelve. Like most child laborers and bonded workers, Masih was a member of a religious minority. This fact...

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