Child Labor and Sweatshops
Child Labor and Sweatshops | Youth Activism Can Help Reduce Child Labor
Craig Kielburger, a high school student from Toronto, Canada, is the founder of Free the Children, a student-run initiative to end child labor. He is interviewed by Multinational Monitor, a monthly journal that focuses on the issues of globalization, labor, the environment, and international trade.
Summary: The activism of Free the Children, a youth-run organization that urges consumers to buy child-labor-free products, proves the effectiveness of young people’s involvement in campaigns against the use of child labor. The organization’s...
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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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