STOP ABUSIVE LABOR IN UZBEKISTAN

Author: ILRF | Posted by: Kilian

Link: http://www.laborrights.org/stop-child-labor/cotton-campaign/end-child-labor-in-cotton

In Uzbekistan, one of the world’s largest exporters of cotton, as many as two million children are forced to leave school and pick cotton in order to meet government-imposed cotton production quotas. This cotton is exported to produce the jeans, T-shirts, and other clothing worn by consumers in the United States and in Europe.

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1.16.2010 by TrinaTocco
Email Abercrombie, Gymboree, and Fred's at http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/Uzbekcotton to tell them to make a commitment to stop using cotton from Uzbekistan until the government sponsored child and forced labor ends.

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