| Description |
127 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
At issue |
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At issue (San Diego, Calif.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-123) and index. |
| Contents |
Forced labor in the United States is a serious problem / Free the Slaves and Human Rights Center -- The worst forms of Child Labor / U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs -- Regulated child labor is necessary in developing countries / John J. Tierney Jr. -- Child labor hurts chidren's health and the economy / Alan D. Woolf -- Free trade will result in less child labor / Economist -- The United States should not sign free-trade agreements with countries that allow child exploitation / Tom Harkin -- Governments must protect child domestic workers from abuse / Human Rights Watch -- Children should receive loans to stay in school instead of working / Economist -- An international declaration against child exploitation / Children's World Congress on Child Labour -- Immigrant workers in the United States face sweatshop conditions / Lisa Liu, interviewed by David Bacon -- Sweatshops help developing countries improve their economies / Jonah Goldberg -- The U.S. government should ban sweatshop products / Anna Yesilevsky -- Labor unions and consumer groups improve conditions for workers / Don Wells -- Unions promote the anti-sweatshop movement to further their own agenda / Walter Olson -- Universities must not sell products made in sweatshops / Dara O'Rourke -- Companies deserve praise for publicly posting factory inspection results / Aaron Bernstein. |
| Subject |
Child labor.
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Sweatshops.
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| Added Author |
Manheimer, Ann.
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| ISBN |
0737721804 lib. alkaline paper |
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0737721812 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0737721822 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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