and the abolishment of child labor. Smithsonian Folkways offers a playlist from the Solidarity Sing Along songbook that features several labor songs. Images from the Smithsonian collections document ...

Unfortunately, child labor – legally defined as work that interferes with children’s physical and mental development and school attendance - is on the rise for the first time in two decades. In fields ...

Of nearly 250 million children engaged in child labor around the world, the vast majority- 70 percent, or some 170 million-are working in agriculture. Child agricultural workers frequently work ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WBKO) - The Glasgow-based chain of restaurants, El Mazatlan Inc., is ordered to pay $250,000 in penalties for violating federal child labor laws. The U.S. Department of Labor ...