Child Labor

Sweat-free labels to change the garment trade [Blowback]

2013-05-15 15:01:00

In a May 7 Op-Ed article, Richard Greenwald and Michael Hirsch exhort consumers to support the workers who make our clothes rather than the global apparel industry that exploits them with low wages and unsafe working conditions. Yet exactly how we...

Hershey sued over African cocoa farm child labor accusations

2012-11-02 10:59:00

This post has been updated. See below for details. Hershey Co. is being sued by an investor group accusing the giant confectionery brand of overlooking the African child labor allegedly used to produce the cocoa in its candy. The Louisiana Municipal...

Nestle promises action on Ivory Coast child-labor violations

2012-06-29 12:10:00

Nestle, the world’s largest food company, said it would do more to eradicate child labor and other worker violations in its Ivory Coast cocoa supply chain after an outside report pointed out a range of problems. The West African country provides...

The end of the Occupy L.A. encampment; Joseph Wambaugh's take on the UC Davis pepper-spraying incident; the end of the Michael Jackson legal saga

2011-12-01 08:22:00

Goldberg: Political finger-pointing

2012-01-31 00:00:00

Jesse Jackson is right. In response to the face-off in Arizona between President Obama and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer last week, Jackson said, "Even George Wallace did not put his finger in Dr. King's face." And it's true; he didn't. Similarly, not even...

Chuck E. Cheese's restaurants fined for child labor law violations

2011-12-12 16:34:41

Fashion News: Should Obama daughters be treated as fashion plates?

2011-12-13 16:32:13

Jon Gosselin accuses TLC of child labor violations, asks for hands to be 'amputated'

2009-11-11 21:32:47

A Times investigation finds few legal safeguards for kids on reality TV shows

2010-06-28 16:35:51

But what about the children?

2010-06-30 16:35:36

Berkshire wealth clashes with Gates mission in Sudan

2007-05-04 00:00:00

Omaha — THE janjaweed militia charged into Hayffa Ahmed's village in Darfur on horseback — rifles raised, swords glinting, kicking up clouds of dust. First they killed her grandfather, the village chief. Janjaweed warriors, said to be...

Money clashes with mission

2007-01-08 00:00:00

When the cold call came from Ameriquest Mortgage Co., a top lender, Jeff and Cheryl Busby were intrigued. They had been wanting to renovate the garage of their small bungalow, a stone's throw from picturesque Green Lake. The agent, they said, promised...

Hershey was sued this week by an investor group seeking more information about its suppliers, claiming African child labor violations.

2012-11-02 10:47:00

Nestle said it will work to eradicate child labor in its cocoa supply chain in the Ivory Coast.

2012-06-29 11:36:31

President Clinton addresses the International Labor Organization June 16, in Geneva, Switzerland.

1999-06-16 06:19:00