A 16-year-old boy from Guatemala was tragically killed in July 2023, when he was sucked into a deboning machine during his late-night shift at a meat processing plant in the US. Whilst these cases and ...

A new report by the ITUC, Education International (EI) and the Global March Against Child Labour has found serious setbacks in efforts to eradicate child labour. Drawing on responses from civil ...

OMAHA, Neb. — The problem of kids working in dangerous slaughterhouses continues to be a concern as the Labor Department announced its third agreement this week with a company in the industry agreeing ...

A traveling carnival business owner in Texas is the latest to be accused of labor exploitation amid a surge in calls for worker protection reforms and child labor violations across the nation. Angel ...

Nearly two-thirds of South Sudanese children are engaged in the worst forms of child labour, with rates reaching as high as 90 percent in the hardest-hit regions, according to a government study ...

Child labor protections in America are being challenged at the state level and, in some cases, reversed in ways we haven’t seen in decades. In 2022 and 2023, Arkansas, Iowa, New Hampshire, and New ...

The low-paying fast food industry has driven the surge in violations of child labor laws, with teens working longer and later than permitted under federal law. (iStock/halbergman) One of the largest ...

Over the last five years, more than 2,800 children, primarily from the commercial sector, have been rescued from labor in the ...

Child labor violations in Arkansas more than tripled over the last few years, according to a new study by Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families — but a new law passed by the state Legislature ...

The talent gap has been a problem for manufacturers for at least 30 years now. More recently, it has become a problem for those concerned about children’s welfare: Driven by demand for workers, low ...

New laws taking effect on January 1 in four states would crack down on companies using child labor laws or violating already-existing laws, while one state loosened its child labor laws. Several ...

From children carrying stacks of bricks on their heads in dusty kilns, to youngsters breathing in dangerous dust in gold mines, Lisa Kristine has photographed child labor from South Asia to West ...