Solutions

** -Statewide laws in states such as California have been created to ban child labor and child slavery. ** ** -California’s child labor law requires every large company in the state to study their supply chain to avoid the use of child labor. ** ** -It is estimated that between the years 2010 and 2020, the U.S. will lack the qualified talent to fill anywhere from 12 to 24 million essential jobs throughout our economy **
 * Solutions **

** -June 16th, 2010: US Dept. of Labor announces increased fines for companies that employ children ** ** -September 13th, 2010: US government and the chocolate industry pledge $17 million in aid to end child labor in cocoa harvests in Africa ** ** -Jan 1st, 2012: California’s new labor law-“Requires all large companies that do business in California to disclose supply sources and spell out their policies in trafficking in persons” ** ** -National Consumers League (NCL) formed in 1899, helped enact the first child labor laws in states around the US ** ** -The US government should work harder to create new and more powerful laws that completely ban child labor in America ** ** -If people continue to think that child labor is ok, there should be harsher penalties for them ** ** -The US requires children ages 14-16 to have working papers so they can work ** ** -Many people in the US support child labor and they don’t even know it because people go out and buy Nike sneakers and that means that more sneakers need to go into production and when that happens, the kids are the ones that need to get those shoes into production ** ** -In India, employing children below the age of 14 is a crime punishable either with fine or imprisonment under the Prevention of Child Labor Act **