Spindle boys in Georgia cotton mill. Photo by Lewis Hine. Undated. Since 2021, many states have been considering or have passed legislation to weaken child labor laws, while a smaller number have ...

Introduction : child labor as a social and economic problem -- Industrialization of child labor -- Child labor reform : the change after the change -- Children in the coal mines -- Light manufacturing ...

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A young girl tends the spinning machine at a cotton mill in North Carolina. Children worked adult hours for pennies in mills and factories all over the United States until reforms came with the Fair ...

It may seem counterintuitive to suggest that, on Labor Day, we devote our attention to a subset of the American population who should not be working, or at least not working in jobs that are entirely ...

2025: Progress is clear, but there's more to do: let’s speed up efforts! The 2025 World Day will focus on a key milestone: the release of the 2025 global estimates and trends of child labour. This ...

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