Executive Council Statement
Support for Ratification of ILO Convention No. 182 on Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor
… Chicago, IL For more than a century, America's unions have sought to provide dignity and justice for all workers, and to protect the most vulnerable members of society. Still today, estimates indicate that as many as 800,000 children are working in the United States in hazardous agricultural jobs -- many in migrant or seasonal work -- and untold numbers continue to work in sweatshops, with few legal protections and often without access to basic …