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Soccer balls to carry no-child-labor guarantee
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Reebok soccer balls will soon carry a label guaranteeing that they
aren't made by children, the sports shoe and equipment company
said.
The announcement marks Reebok International Ltd.'s latest effort
to stop child labor in soccer ball production in the wake of a 1995
report that attacked U.S. companies, including Reebok, for allowing
products t...
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US praises soccer's stand on child labor
The Boston Globe
; WASHINGTON -- Labor Secretary Robert Reich, pressing a fight against child labor, praised world soccer's governing body yesterday for acting to withhold its seal of approval from soccer balls made by children. "Some 80 percent of soccer balls sold in America are produced by child labor in
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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YOUTHS OBTAIN BALL BAN; COUNTY APPROVES CHILD-LABOR CURB.(News)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
; Byline: Lee Condon Daily News Staff Writer A group of San Fernando Valley teen-agers went to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday with the hope of convincing ...
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BALL MAKERS TEAM UP TO FIGHT CHILD LABOR.(BUSINESS)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
; Byline: Paul Newberry Associated Press Nike, Reebok and several other sporting goods giants announced a campaign Friday to stop the production of soccer balls by Pakistani children who work 10 hours a day stitching them together for pennies. Some of these same sporting goods companies have
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Did child labor make that toy? Here's how you can tell - and what, if anything, you can do about it.(includes a related article on stores cracking down on child labor)
Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine
; SOCCER BALLS STITCHED by 8-year-olds in Pakistan. Toy dinosaurs made under secretive conditions in China. Oriental rugs knotted by children chained to looms in India. Happy holiday shopping. Ever since Kathie Lee Gifford's line of clothing became a cause celebre, Americans have started taking
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Sports companies fight child labor
Chicago Sun-Times
; ATLANTA Nike, Reebok and several other sporting goods giants announced a campaign Friday to stop the production of soccer balls by Pakistani children who work 10 hours a day stitching them together for pennies. Some of these same companies have been criticized over the working conditions of
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