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Archived News Release--Caution:
information may be out of date.
For more information call: (202) 219-6373.
The U.S. Department of Labor will hold a public hearing
Friday, May 5 to gather data on children working in plantation agriculture,
manufacturing and mining industries in countries that export to the United
States.
Joaquin Otero, deputy under secretary of labor for
international affairs, will chair the hearings which will be open to the public
and the media. They will be held in Room N-3437, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, D.C., beginning at 9 a.m.
The hearings are part of a congressionally mandated review
to identify any foreign industry and its host country using children to make
products exported to the U.S. Information provided at the hearing will be
considered by the department in preparing a report to Congress.
The hearing will examine the use of child labor in
commercial, export-oriented agriculture, forced or bonded child labor and
government efforts to deal with child labor. The department hosted its first
hearing on international child labor in April 1994. Information from that
hearing was used in the report issued in July 1994, "By the Sweat and Toil of
Children."
Organizations such as the International Labor Office and
AFL-CIO will testify at Friday's hearing. Other organizations or individuals
interested in presenting testimony should contact Daniel Solomon of the
department's Bureau of International Labor Affairs on (202) 501-6068.
Archived News Release--Caution:
information may be out of date.
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