Links

Organizations

AFL-CIO: This extensive website covers a wide range of topics regarding the global economy: trade agreements, effects of the global economy on particular groups including children, labor laws, AFL-CIO resolutions. Provides links to many websites.
AFT - Child Labor Project: American Federation of Teachers. Child labor curriculum designed for school children. Also Internet resources, posters, and video.
Alliance for Responsible Trade: National network of labor, farm, religious, women's, environmental, development and research organizations that promotes equitable and sustainable trade and development. Website describes trade proposals and agreements.
Child Labor Coalition: National network for the exchange of child labor information. Seeks to influence policies and enforcement of policies. Website includes news, case studies, and some statistics.
Child Labor Research Initiative, University of Iowa Center for Human Rights: Legislative Database provides on-line access to national laws regarding child labor from throughout the world. Modules for teaching child labor are available for pre-college and college-level courses.
Free the Children: International youth organization—helps build schools and provides information about child labor. Website contains a 5-page Q & A regarding child labor.
Global March Against Child Labor: Read recent news about child labor around the world. Link to detailed reports, photos, case studies, and information about current campaigns.
Global Policy Network: Website offers information, statistics, and analysis regarding socioeconomic developments that influence living standards and working conditions around the world.
Global Trade Watch: Promotes government and corporate accountability in the globalization and trade area. Website offers news, action alerts, and reports on trade proposals and agreements.
Human Rights Watch: NGOs in US. Children’s Rights Division focuses on examples of global child labor. Website includes publications, news, and directory of international legal standards.
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy: Program areas include the links among agriculture, trade, environment, food, and health. Website provides news/analysis of international trade proposals and agreements.
International Child Labor Program: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs. Website contains copies of OL Dreports on child labor, statistics, and background on ILO conventions.
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions: Global coalition of trade unions that launched a 2-year global campaign to stop child labor. Website includes campaigns, reports, book, and video “Combating the Unacceptable.”
International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour U.N./International Labor Organization: Website contains reports, statistics, and information about international conventions and programs to combat child labor. It also contains suggestions for action, as well as news and events information.
Labors of Love Project: Stanford University Child Labor Project. Website includes stories, reports, titles of books, videos, child labor curriculum, and links to other Internet sites.
National Labor Committee: Focuses on sweatshop conditions relating to U.S. corporations. Videos, reports, and literature can be purchased from the website.
Oxfam: Addresses global poverty thru development programs, humanitarian responses, and policy advocacy. Addresses trade issues through Make Trade Fair campaign.
TransFair USA: Read about Fair Trade products available in the U.S., how to purchase Fair Trade coffee, and campaigns to expand the availability of other fair trade products. Provides information to locate retailers.
Understanding Children’s Work: Cooperation project on child labor information between UNICEF, the ILO, and the World Bank Group. Websites contains bibliographies, statistics, and reports on child labor.
U.S. Department of Labor: Find detailed reports covering many aspects of the child labor problem, proposed solutions, news, and updates.
World Bank Group—The Global Child Labor Program: The Global Child Labor Program website includes copies of reports and publications, including on child labor in general and child labor and health.

International Campaigns

Campaign to end labor rights’ abuses on banana plantations

Human Rights Watch: Page contains information and links to a report, Tainted Harvest: Child Labor and Obstacles to Organizing on Ecuador’s Banana Plantations.

Corporate responsibility campaigns

National Labor Committee: Page gives details about current campaigns focused on U.S. corporations cited for sweatshop and child labor abuses.

Global March Against Child Labor campaigns

Global March: Read recent news about child labor around the world. Link to detailed reports, photos, case studies, and information about current campaigns.

Global unions campaign

International Confederation of Free Trade Unions: Select “Child Labour” on the left column. Gives news and activities regarding the global union movement’s campaign to combat child labor.

Campaigns to end child labor

Child Labor Coalition: Describes campaigns targeted at various industries.
Campaign to end child labor in soccer ball manufacturing: Page contains links to informational fliers and current campaign materials urging improved monitoring of child labor and soccer ball labeling programs.
Campaign to end child slavery in the cocoa/chocolate industry: Page contains facts about child slavery and current campaigns to change conditions on West African plantations.

International solidarity campaigns

Campaign for Labor Rights: Page posts action alerts and instructions for sending solidarity letters in support of struggles for workers’ rights and child labor reforms in the U.S. and elsewhere. Sign up to receive e-mail alerts.

Campaigns to reform U.S. agricultural child labor law

Human Rights Watch: Page contains information on contacting Congress about proposals to reform child labor law in agriculture.
The “Children in the Fields” campaign
AFL-CIO website on agricultural child labor: Includes a Teacher’s Guide and activities/resources for children.

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