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On AlterNet: child labor

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "child labor"

Under Guise of Combating Slavery, One Human Rights Group Is Colluding With the Exploitative Chocolate Industry

Under Guise of Combating Slavery, One Human Rights Group Is Colluding With the Exploitative Chocolate Industry

Christian Parenti, Democracy Now! AlterNet: World. September 14, 2009.
Kevin Bales, founder of Free the Slaves, champions his reform of the chocolate industry and halting child labor in West Africa. But no such thing has happened.

What You Should Know Before Buying That Diamond Ring

What You Should Know Before Buying That Diamond Ring

Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: World. June 8, 2009.
Diamonds 101, from the creative folks at GOOD Magazine.

Modern-Day Slavery and the Big Game

Emira Woods, AlterNet. February 3, 2008.
Most viewers watching the SuperBowl will be oblivious to the abuses of one of its key sponsors.

This Halftime Show is Brought to You by Child Labor in Africa

This Halftime Show is Brought to You by Child Labor in Africa

Ruthie Ackerman, The Nation. February 3, 2008.
The "official tire sponsor" of Super Bowl XLII tries to scrub its image in the face of a major human rights lawsuit.

Gap Kids: New Frontiers in Child Abuse

Gap Kids: New Frontiers in Child Abuse

Barbara Ehrenreich, Barbaraehrenreich.com. November 2, 2007.
It's enough to make you vomit on your new denim jacket: The Gap has been caught using child slave labor in an Indian sweatshop.

Gap's Image Shaken by Report of Children Laboring in Sweatshop Conditions

Gap's Image Shaken by Report of Children Laboring in Sweatshop Conditions

Dan McDougall, The Observer UK. October 29, 2007.
"If any of us cried we were hit with a rubber pipe. Some of the boys had oily cloths stuffed in our mouths as punishment."

How the Luxury Industry Went the Way of McDonald's

How the Luxury Industry Went the Way of McDonald's

Emily Wilson, AlterNet. September 19, 2007.
Even a Louis Vuitton handbag isn't much different from a Big Mac.

Britain's Invisible Labor Force: African Children

Britain's Invisible Labor Force: African Children

Emily Dugan, Independent UK. August 21, 2007.
Why hasn't the enslavement of African children been prosecuted in UK courts?