Child labour News

Lota - Relics of the coal-mining era have become a work alternative for Lota former coal miners. A journey mixing pride, nostalgia, and social criticism takes visitors through tunnels hundreds of meters below the sea, showing the hard life of coal miners.

Nestle, one of the world's major chocolate producers, is still exploiting child labour, according to a report by the Fair Labor Association (FLA).

Campbell River - Some big brothers teach you how to ride a bike, some play ball in the backyard, but this very special big brother did something a little more extraordinary.

An annual audit conducted by Apple Inc. of its contractual suppliers located around the world found multiple labour and environmental violations. Three suppliers had used under-aged labour, Apple Inc. said.

Reports conclude children as young as five years old forced to work in Malawi's tobacco fields are being poisoned with nicotine.

They are the sheets that are to die for. Egyptian cotton. Brought to you by children picking cotton in 40C heat for 20 pence a day. The sheets we crave are made of cotton that is farmed by children who can't read or write, let alone sleep on luxury.

There's only a year until the world descends upon Beijing for the next Olympics. In between the games will be the souvenirs that visitors will grab up. Will they ask themselves who made it? There's a chance the answer would be a child in a sweat shop.