Child Labor and Sweatshops
Child Labor and Sweatshops | Workplace Codes Could Prevent Sweatshop Abuses
Michael Posner is the executive director of the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights. Lynda Clarizio is a founding member of the Washington Advisory Council for the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights.
Summary: Initiated by Bill Clinton, the Apparel Industry Partnership is a coalition of apparel companies, human rights organizations, advocacy groups, and unions that is working to end the use of sweatshop labor. This coalition has created a Workplace Code of Conduct that requires participating companies and manufacturers to provide humane working conditions....
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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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