Forced labor

CHILD LABOR // “Globally, there are 152 million children engaged in child labor. “60% of these children are actually working in the fashion supply chain," explains Kelly Drennan founder of @fashiontakesaction. "In Uzbekistan, children are taken out of school, hired on the cotton field and forced to pick cotton. @ecowarriorprincess

How the global demand for fast fashion is fueling slave labor by Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China

Thandiwe Major: Child labor in China has increased over the past years especially in the fashion industry. Children form the ages of 5-17 are known to forcefully work in degrading condition and earn as little as £2 a day. This is something that is becoming aware in countries such as the US and England as they have to abide by the International Labor Standards.

Slavery still benefits the world economy but at the cost of our humanity. It needs to stop!

On 23 august marks the International Day for the Victims of Slavery and its Ban! UNESCO proclaims 23 August as International Day for the Victims of Slavery and its Ban (on the occasion of the slave uprising in Santo Domingo, 22-23 August, 1791). Slavery is a socio-economic system in which a certain person - called a slave - is deprived of his personal freedom and forced into forced labor. The slave is treated as property of its owner.

The Spanish Empire maintained two key objectives: extract material wealth and convert the indigenous peoples to Christianity.

Nike factory in Vietnam

Prisoners at forced labor building airplane parts at the Siemens factory in the Bobrek labor camp

Child workers rose dramatically and reformers worked to protect workers and end child labor. Children were hired because they could perform unskilled jobs for lower wages and were more adept at using...

Children work in a shoe factory in Lalbagh, Bangladesh (AAP)

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#child labour Child labour in India http://bit.ly/2fSZQeo

Stop child labor!! June 12 - World Day Against Child Labour. There are 215 million in the world, children are forced to work to survive, often in the worst forms of exploitation.

Private prisons have for years enriched themselves by exploiting detained immigrant labor. They must be held accountable

A lawsuit alleging a U.S. company used forced prison labor in China could have ripple effects across supply chains.

What are the causes of child labour in India? What role does education play in regard to child labour in India? A critical analysis of the answers to these questions may lead in the direction of a possible solution.

For this project I had to tackle the difficult subject of child labor. The posters below are self-explanatory. I’m especially proud of the first one.  copyright Dany Pepin 2012

Illustration about child labour used to make some of the products we buy.

Big gaps continue to plague dining-service, information-technology, and student-affairs staffing levels.