STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL CONSUMERS LEAGUE  BY PRESIDENT LINDA F. GOLODNER
WASHINGTON, DC, May 1998....The National Consumers League is proud to co-sponsor the Global March Against Child Labor, launched today in Washington, D.C. The six-month march will span Asia, the Americas, Africa and Europe. Marchers hope to establish a world wide movement to promote the rights of all children to receive an education, and to be free from work that exploits them or damages their development.

We believe the march will expose the world's best kept secret -- that millions of children are exploited as cheap labor. But, with the awareness comes responsibility. Governments, industries, companies, and consumers must change the world for working children. We hope the march will ignite the commitment to do it.

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