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12-year-old boy delivers own baby brother

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.

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Apple audit reveals underage labour used to make iPhones, iPods

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.

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Malawi tobacco child labourers being poisoned by their work

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

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The Shame Behind Egyptian Cotton Sheets

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.

In the Media by KJ Mullins - 7 comments

The 2008 Olympics And Child Labour

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.

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VIDEO: The child labour photos that shamed America

The photographs that shamed 20th Century America

Panorama: Glencore mines probe

Glencore, the multi-billion pound commodity giant, stands accused of profiting from child labour in a mine in the Congo, and paying the associates of paramilitary killers in Colombia.

Labour market outlook 'worsens'

The outlook for the global labour market has worsened from last year, the International Labour Organization says.

NI scheme 'total flop' - Labour

The government's national insurance holiday scheme is 'a total flop', argues the Labour party.

'Forced labour' in food industry

Report claims exploitation at the bottom of the UK labour market for food industry's migrant workers.