Consumer Campaigns, Legistlation, and Best Practice Solutions




			Consumers ask, "What can I do?" The National Consumers League urges consumers to continue to question the manufacturers and retailers with whom they do business. Many consumers have joined together to work on campaigns against sweatshops and child labor. Here are a few of them: Children in the Fields Campaign To end exploitation of children who work as farmworkers in the United States. Contact: Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs 1611 N. Kent, #910, Arlington, VA 22209 Telephone: 703-528-4141; Fax: 703-528-4145 Contact: International Initiative to End Child Labor Contact: National Consumers League 1701 K Street, N.W., #1200, Washington, D.C. 20006 RUGMARK Campaign: To end child labor in the manufacturing of carpets and to promote a child labor free label for rugs. Contact: Child Labor Coalition--Rugmark campaign materials c/o National Consumers League 1701 K Street, NW #1200 Washington, DC 20006 Telephone: 202-835-3323; Fax: 202-835-0747 To find out about RUGMARK, Contact: Rugmark Foundation-USA -- Rugmark Program information c/o International Labor Rights Fund 733 15th Street, NW #920 Washington, DC 20005 Telephone: 202-347-4100; Fax: 202-347-4885 Stop Sweatshops Campaign Contact: UNITE! 1710 Broadway New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-265-7000; Fax: 212-765-9541 Contact: National Consumers League -- sweatshop info 1701 K Street, NW, Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20006 Phone: 202-835-3323; Fax: 202-835-0747 Targeted Company Campaigns Contact: National Labor Committee 275 7th Avenue New York, NY 10001 Telephone: 212-242-3002; Fax: 212-242-3821 Contact: Co-Op America 1612 K Street; NW # 600 Washington, DC 20006 Telephone: 202-872-5307; Fax 202-331-8166 Contact: Campaign for Labor Rights Founded in 1899, NCL is the nation's pioneer consumer group which works to bring consumer power to bear on marketplace and workplace issues. NCL worked for child labor provisions in the Fair Labor Standards Act (passed in 1938) and more recently, has helped organize the Child Labor Coalition (CLC) which is committed to ending child labor exploitation in the U.S. and abroad. Child Labor Coalition, c/o National Consumers League, 1701 K St., NW, #1200, Washington, DC 20006; Phone 202-835-3323; Fax 202-835-0747; email us. [_private/CLC nav tool bar.htm]

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