Child labor

01/07/2008 -- A delegation of American lawmakers is visiting cocoa plantations in Ivory Coast and Ghana this week to monitor child labor abuses. Senator Bernie Sanders said before departing for Africa that he hoped "to see to what degree indentured children are being used to manufacture products which come into this country as chocolate."    » read more »

31 October 2007 -- Washington -- Multinational apparel giant Gap Inc. acted quickly after discovering that a Gap contractor in New Delhi employed children.

“We strictly prohibit the use of child labor. This is non-negotiable for us -- and we are deeply concerned and upset by this allegation,” Gap North America President Marka Hansen said.    » read more »

October 17, 2007 -- BOSTON – Today, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley issued citations assessing thousands of dollars in penalties in the wake of an investigation revealing numerous child labor law violations at the popular concert venue, Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts, in Mansfield.    » read more »