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Support full implementation of ILO Convention 182, "Ending the Worst Forms of Child Labor," by ratifying countries.
Enforce existing laws against child labor, bonded labor and child slavery.
Ban importation of products produced with child labor.
Prosecute child trafficking networks.
Expand the Fair Labor Standards Act to cover migrant children in US agriculture.
Legislate against abuse of middlemen and contractors by transnational companies (using them as the scapegoats for abusive labor practice).
Help set up meaningful inspections in businesses and agricultural where child labor is suspected.
Require tobacco, coffee, cocoa and tea companies to support education programs for their workers' childen and pay a living wage to the adult workers.
Reorder government spending programs to prioritize education.
Follow through on promised aid to developing nations.
Support labor union drives to eliminate child labor.
Embrace and support a global Marshall Plan for the plight of children.
Posted by galenfilms at February 11, 2005 11:13 AM