Child labour

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How child labour in India makes the paving stones beneath our feet
The long read: Despite promises of reform, exploitation remains endemic in India’s sandstone industry, with children doing dangerous work for low pay – often to decorate driveways and gardens thousands of miles away

Romita Saluja

28, Mar, 2024 @5:00 AM

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Immigrant child laborers are being killed in US factories. Companies are walking away with fines
Sawmills and slaughterhouses collect citations amid landscape of ‘underfunded and under-resourced’ regulators

Gloria Oladipo in New York

12, Feb, 2024 @12:00 PM

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Rise of the ‘mother boss’: how female miners are taking control in DRC
Half of the workers in the Congolese artisanal pits are women, and for years they have faced inequality and sexual harassment. Now a grassroots movement aims to change that

Mélanie Gouby in Kailo

19, Jan, 2024 @5:00 AM

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‘Brands to avoid’: Mars and Cadbury among chocolate firms criticised in ethics report
Only 17 out of 82 companies investigated were found to use suppliers that paid cocoa farmers enough to live on

James Tapper

02, Dec, 2023 @12:00 PM

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‘It should never have happened’: death of boy, 16, at sawmill highlights rise of child labour in US
Michael Schuls died after getting trapped in dangerous machinery at a mill in Wisconsin. But across the US conservative groups are pushing to loosen laws that protect children in the workplace

Eric Berger in Wisconsin

28, Nov, 2023 @2:00 PM

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Republicans continue effort to erode US child labor rules despite teen deaths
Violations have soared but legislative efforts to strengthen protection for young workers have received little support

Michael Sainato

20, Oct, 2023 @11:00 AM

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A meat processer killed a 16-year-old. Yet US lawmakers want more child labor | Akin Olla
Adult workers are demanding a fairer slice of corporate profits – so child labor is a way to increase and undercut the labor pool

Akin Olla

27, Sep, 2023 @10:02 AM

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Flyer distributor charged with 2,400 breaches of Victoria’s child labour laws
Ive Distribution allegedly hired more 400 children aged under 15 between July and September 2022

Adeshola Ore

11, Sep, 2023 @12:00 AM

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‘It’s slavery for modern times’: how children of 12 toil in Colorado’s fields
Some Republican-led states are pushing to relax child labour laws but even in the farms of San Luis valley, where most are Hispanic/Latino, youngsters can work an unlimited number of hours

Edward Helmore in Colorado

06, Sep, 2023 @2:00 PM

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How many more poor child workers must die in Pakistan before change happens? | Zofeen T Ebrahim
Graphic videos of the last hours of 10-year-old Fatima Furiro have highlighted once again the abuse faced by child workers

Zofeen T Ebrahim

28, Aug, 2023 @6:00 AM

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‘I can’t believe we’re having this conversation’: the states pushing for 14-year-olds to serve alcohol
As Republican-led states roll back the alcohol service age so teens can serve hard drinks, they also put them in danger

Wilfred Chan

31, Jul, 2023 @10:00 AM

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Republican Iowa governor rolls back state’s child labor law protections
Change in law allows teenagers to serve alcohol in restaurants and could allow children to operate heavy machinery like power saws

Gloria Oladipo

27, May, 2023 @7:06 PM

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