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New Apple Inc. Child Labor Revelations

January 30, 2013 by Reid Maki 1 Comment

International pressure has forced Apple to step up their supply chain audits.

Malala’s Miracle & The Road Ahead

January 12, 2013 by Reid Maki Leave a Comment

Her bravery has created the practical inspiration that leads to real change.

Filed Under: Social Justice Tagged With: American Federation of Teachers, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, child labor, child labor coalition, education activist, Global Campaign for Education, gordon brown, heroism, human rights, International Labor Organization, Lily Eskelsen, Lorretta Johnson, madonna, malala leaves hospital, Malala Yousafzai, national consumers league, National Education Association, out-of-school youth, pakistan education, Pakistan’s Swat Valley, reid maki, sally greenberg, social justice, taliban extremists, The World Bank, U.S. Department of Labor, United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education

The Real Cost of Cheap Goods is High: The Scary Truth Behind Some Christmas Ornaments

December 22, 2012 by Reid Maki 1 Comment

What brightens your tree may be dimming the lives of children worldwide.

Filed Under: Social Justice Tagged With: Bachpan Bachao Andolan, cheap products, child exploitation, child labor, child labor coalition, christmas decorations, Christmas tree, consumer responsibility, global education, Global March Against Child Labor, gordon brown, human trafficking, Institute for statistics, lightbulbs, national consumers league, reid maki, slave labor, true cost of products, UN, Unesco, United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education, US department of labor

Death Traps on Farms [VIDEO]

November 25, 2012 by Cameron Conaway 4 Comments

Grain silos are killing farm workers, often teenage boys.

Filed Under: Social Justice Tagged With: agricultural safety rules, alex pacas, bryce gannon, Cameron Conaway, catherine rylatt, child labor, child labor coalition, dangerous jobs for teens, death traps on farms, farm deaths, grain auger accident, grain facilities, grain silo deaths, james broder, national consumers league, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, reid maki, sally greenberg, social justice, tyler zander, worker safety, wyatt whitebread

The Cotton Campaign: Who Are You Wearing?

November 24, 2012 by Cameron Conaway Leave a Comment

A great campaign and an easy way to buy more ethically this holiday season

Filed Under: Social Justice Tagged With: American Federation of Teachers, Cameron Conaway, child labor, child labor coalition, consumer culture, consumer power, cotton harvest, exploitative child labor, human rights, international labour organization, Islam Karimov, most dangerous jobs, national consumers league, reid maki, shop ethically, slave lavor, social justice, the cotton campaign, uzbek cotton, uzbekistan cotton

Man-to-Man with Reid Maki of the Child Labor Coalition

October 18, 2012 by Cameron Conaway Leave a Comment

Cameron Conaway sits down with Reid Maki to discuss child labor exploitation and how responsible consumers can bring change.

Filed Under: Man-to-Man Interviews, Social Justice Tagged With: #childlabor, Cameron Conaway, Cesar Chavez, child labor coalition, child labor laws, consumer responsibility, fair labor, fair trade, florence kelley, frances perkins, human rights, human trafficking, john steinbeck, media voices for children, migrant farmworkers, national consumers league, reid maki, senator robert kennedy, social justice, social responsibility, stop child labor, Woody Guthrie

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