Child Labor and Sweatshops
Child Labor and Sweatshops | The United States Should Ban Imports of Products Made by Children
Tom Harkin, a Democratic senator from Iowa, is a member of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources and the Appropriations Committee. He has introduced a congressional bill, the Child Labor Deterrence Act, which would ban imports of goods produced by children.
Summary: The United States Congress should pass the proposed Child Labor Deterrence Act to help stop the exploitation of children by industrial and mining companies. This act would prohibit U.S. imports of goods produced by laborers under the age of fifteen; it would also urge world leaders to...
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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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