Eleven-year-old Ojiambo* should have been learning to read and write. Instead, he spent his days doing exhausting chores for his stepmother and working to earn money for his family's survival. His ...

The 19th century is often referred to as the “dark century” for child labor exploitation. In factories, children worked 13 to 15 hours a day, performing tasks that no machine could replicate.

Workers put in more than 12 hours a day, six days a week, when the first Labor Day parade was held in 1882 in New York City. Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894.

In the modern-day search for cheap labor, sometimes to replace migrant workers, many states want to roll back the child labor laws that Hine’s photographs helped to get passed.

The research, titled ‘Modern slavery and child labour in Bangladesh’s garment sector: Documenting risks and informing solutions,’ pays particular attention to covert and unregistered subcontracting ...

A new report from the University of Nottingham's Rights Lab and GoodWeave International highlights the risk of modern slavery and child labor in Bangladesh's garment supply chains.

On 21 September, Alliance 8.7 was launched during the UN General Assembly to end forced labour, modern slavery, human trafficking and child labour. The aim is to galvanize political support and ...

According to the Department of Labor, the number of minors involved in documented child labor violations (not including the ones that are never reported) increased a mind-boggling 472% between ...

Union leaders, activists sound alarm on child labor in Iowa Roundtable notes conflict between Iowa, federal regulations Tom Barton Jul. 16, 2024 7:36 pm, Updated: Jul. 17, 2024 7:34 am ...

Asetenapa Co-operative Cocoa Farming and Marketing Society Limited has organised a health walk and durbar to mark this year's World Day Against Child Labour in Nankese, Suhum. The health walk included ...