ICCR Addresses Illegal Child Labor Used by Suppliers of Major Corporations
The Adrian Dominican Sisters Portfolio Advisory Board (PAB) is joining other investors and NGO partners to ask companies connected to suppliers found to be using illegal child labor to conduct human rights impact assessments. In early 2023, The New York Times reported on the use of illegal child labor in the United States. These children were illegally employed by suppliers for some of the biggest U.S. companies, including in factories producing Cheerios for General Mills, dinner rolls sold at Walmart and Target, auto parts for Ford and GM, and cleaning meat processing plants that supply JBS, Tyson, and others. Since then, additional investigative reports may have exposed child labor violations in the restaurant, construction, and other sectors. Read more
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