Washington boy claims that the youth program the boy participated in, Ranch for Kids, abused and exploited the child for labor instead of helping him. The U.S. has issued detention orders on 5 ...

After hearing from the oldest teenager on Friday, the child’s two siblings detailed years of abuse from Whitefeather and Lantz on Tuesday. A 12-year-old boy talked about his life in Sissonville ...

(NewsNation) — Child labor violations are increasing ... Organizations, in their report, detailed the stories of a ...

One boy said, "I went under the packing plant roof ... Only a tiny fraction of child labor violations are ever uncovered by the Department of Labor, and penalties are typically too weak to ...

According to UNICEF, population growth, recurring crises, extreme poverty and inadequate social protection measures have led to an additional 17 million girls and boys engaging in child labor in ...

Bonded labor takes place when a family receives an advance payment (sometimes as little as U.S. $15) to hand a child-boy or girl-over to an employer. In most cases the child cannot work off the ...

The U.S. government found child labor violations involving over 3,800 minors in 2022. At the same time, some states say there is too much regulation of child labor. Katherine Walts, director of ...