MODERN SLAVERY- CHILDREN AND FORCED LABOR


	MODERN SLAVERY- CHILDREN AND FORCED LABOR

klippety

9-14-2009 1:06 AM

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Do we really need those cheap things or could we live without? Protect the children and all those forced into slave labor

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6ce45dc7-f321-4a80-b40e-0c7c8a105bbb/0D4C67AB-F9E3-4BF2-8619-61044B4824C9/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://humantrafficking.change.org/blog/view/department_of_labor_releases_list_of_slave-made_goods" href="http://humantrafficking.change.org/blog/view/department_of_labor_releases_list_of_slave-made_goods" style="font-size: 11px;">humantrafficking.change.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://humantrafficking.change.org/blog/view/department_of_labor_releases_list_of_slave-made_goods"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/humantrafficking.change.org/img/9FA43275-4EF4-4DED-B6FB-CCFC7792F970" alt="End Human Trafficking" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://humantrafficking.change.org/blog/view/department_of_labor_releases_list_of_slave-made_goods"><H3><A href="http://humantrafficking.change.org/blog/view/department_of_labor_releases_list_of_slave-made_goods">Department of Labor Releases List of Slave-Made Goods</A></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://humantrafficking.change.org/blog/view/department_of_labor_releases_list_of_slave-made_goods"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/humantrafficking.change.org/img/663D3F50-90CD-4E9E-87FB-6F6E36270F7C" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://humantrafficking.change.org/blog/view/department_of_labor_releases_list_of_slave-made_goods"><P>After receiving over <A href="http://humantrafficking.change.org/actions/view/tell_the_department_of_labor_to_release_its_list_of_goods_tainted_by_slave_labor">6,200 letters</A> from Change.org community members, the Department of Labor released their <A href="http://www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/ocft/PDF/2009TVPRA.pdf">long-awaited report</A> on goods produced by child labor and forced labor today.  Thank you all for urging DOL to release this important tool for consumers!</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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