5 August 2011: Human Rights Watch (HRW), a member of the US Child Labor Coalition (part of the Global March network), has written to US Secretary of Labor Ms Hilda Solis regarding new 2010 data on child labour enforcement in agriculture in the USA. The new data shows that despite an overall increase […]
Concern over child labour in agriculture in USA
5 August 2011: Human Rights Watch (HRW), a member of the US Child Labor Coalition (part of the Global March network), has written to US Secretary of Labor Ms Hilda Solis regarding new 2010 data on child labour enforcement in agriculture in the USA. The new data shows that despite an overall increase […]
Global March joins UN Global Compact
New Delhi, 12 August 2011: Global March is pleased to announce that it has joined the register of participants of the United Nations Global Compact. The UN Global Compact is the world’s largest voluntary corporate citizenship initiative. Participants join because they share the conviction that business practices rooted in universal […]
Global March joins UN Global Compact
New Delhi, 12 August 2011: Global March is pleased to announce that it has joined the register of participants of the United Nations Global Compact. The UN Global Compact is the world’s largest voluntary corporate citizenship initiative. Participants join because they share the conviction that business practices rooted in universal […]
Niños y niñas comunicadores: agentes de cambio
Reunión de Red ANDI AL en Costa Rica La Red Andi es una agencia de movilización y capacitación de periodistas para la promoción de Derechos de la niñez y la adolescencia. La voz de la niñez y la adolescencia, como motor de cambio y fuentes de información. Adolescentes de […]
Niños y niñas comunicadores: agentes de cambio
Reunión de Red ANDI AL en Costa Rica La Red Andi es una agencia de movilización y capacitación de periodistas para la promoción de Derechos de la niñez y la adolescencia. La voz de la niñez y la adolescencia, como motor de cambio y fuentes de información. Adolescentes de Alajuelita y […]
New positions available in Global Campaign for Education
The Global Campaign for Education (GCE) is looking for two new staff members to be located in its secretariat in Johannesburg, South Africa: Head of Policy which is an open-ended contract and the application deadline is 5 September 2011. Click here for the detailed job advert and click here for job profile. Accountant for the […]
LO Norway in mourning for lost labour youth
On 22 July 2011, Norway was devastated by a terrible attack on government buildings in Oslo and a massacre of young people taking part in a youth summer camp for the labour movement on the island of Utøya. As was the case with the entire international community, Global March was […]
LO Norway in mourning for lost labour youth
On 22 July 2011, Norway was devastated by a terrible attack on government buildings in Oslo and a massacre of young people taking part in a youth summer camp for the labour movement on the island of Utøya. As was the case with the entire international community, Global March was […]
Death of Two 14-Year-Old Girls in an Illinois Field Underscores the Need for an Overhaul of U.S. Child Labor Laws – Groups Condemn New Laws that Weaken Protections for Young Workers in States
For release: August 1, 2011 Contacts: Reid Maki, Coordinator, Child Labor Coalition (202) 207-2820, reidm@nclnet.org & Nick Grisewood, Executive Director, Global March +353 61921685, nick@globalmarch.org Washington, DC – The tragic death of two 14-year-old girls while detasseling corn in Tampico, Illinois last week stands as a painful reminder that U.S. child labor laws are inadequate […]