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Guatemala: Child Labor In The Sugar Cane Fields
globalvoicesonline.org 3 weeks, 5 days agoThe recent investigation done by journalists of Plaza Publica in Guatemala has uncovered how government authorities, although legally having to prevent child labor, allow children under 14 years of age to work in their cane fields, which is a physically demanding and dangerous work. In the article Child labor and exploitation in Guatemala's sugar Alberto Arce and Martín Rodríguez Pellecer explain how children work in the sugar fields where workers are paid by tonnage cut. While most adult workers cut two to
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Child Labor For Fair-Trade Cotton Probed By US Investigators - BusinessWeek
google.com 1 month agoBloomberg Child Labor for Fair-Trade Cotton Probed by US Investigators BusinessWeek By Cam Simpson, Ekow Dontoh and Jeff Bliss Jan. 13 (Bloomberg) -- US investigators are conducting a preliminary inquiry into forced child labor used in an organic and fair-trade cotton program that supplies the American lingerie retailer Victoria's ... Federal government probes Victoria's 'secret' that luxury underwear made from ... Child labor for Victoria's Secret cotton probed Victoria's Secret supply line in child labor
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