Child Labor Coalition, Which Includes UFCW, Releases Report on Protecting Working Children in the United States
The Child Labor Coalition (CLC), which includes UFCW, released a report titled Protecting Working Children in the United States: Is the Government's Indifference to the Safety and Health of Working Children Violating an International Treaty? criticizing the U.S. Government for its indifference to protecting working children. Representative Tom Lantos (D-CA) introduced legislation meant to rectify many of the deficiencies outlined in the CLC report.
"The United States government is indifferent to our children being injured in the workplace," said Linda Golodner, co-chair of the Child Labor Coalition and president of the National Consumers League, which coordinates the coalition. "The government continues to ignore even its own reports that identify serious problems with child labor laws - and those serious problems often translate into dead kids."
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