Child Labor and Sweatshops
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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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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