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Article: U.S. Labor Department issues reports on international child labor and forced labor
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- U.S. Newswire
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- September 10, 2009
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Clarisse Young of U.S. Department of Labor Office of
Public Affairs, +1-202-693-5051
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The U.S.
Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB)
today released three reports on child labor and/or forced labor in
countries around the globe. The documents include the initial "List
of Goods Produced by Child or Forced Labor" required by the
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (TVPRA
List).
"It is my strong hope that consumers, firms, governments, labor
unions and other stakeholders will use this information to translate
their economic power into a force for good that ultimately ...