Sep 25 UPDATE: Child labor in decline, but will not meet 2016 goal A child works in a gold mine in Burkina Faso. Crackdowns by corporations and activists against child labor have reduced the number of working children by 78 million since 2000, according to an International Labour Organization report Monday. ILO… Continue reading
Jul 10 Watch Children in Burkina Faso Take on Dirty, Dangerous Work of Digging Up Gold Children in Burkina Faso Take on Dirty, Dangerous Work of Digging Up Gold… Continue watching
Jul 10 One Million Children Labor in Africa’s Goldmines By Ellen Rolfes In Burkina Faso, gold production has more than doubled in recent years. Though child labor is against the law in the West African nation, the economics and the nature of mining make labor law enforcement extremely difficult. Continue reading
May 11 Watch U.S. to Set Trade Guidelines on Environment, Labor President Bush and House leaders came to an agreement on environmental and worker protection guidelines to attach to trade deals with other countries. A trade policy expert talks about the agreement's significance. Continue watching