Carpet Makeing Child Labor

This aired on local chicago tv on saturday january 22nd 1983.

Carpet makeing child labor.

Since its founding in 1988 the bllf has led the fight against bonded and child labor liberating 30 000 adults and children frequently entire families from brick kilns carpet factories and. The horrific practice of child labor exists in many other industries as well including cotton production sandstone quarries garment making chocolate shoes tobacco bananas jewelry production etc. The report tainted carpets. Carpet manufacturers and the carpet export industry in pakistan as well as carpet importers and retailers in the usa and other western countries have announced that child labor no longer exists in the carpet weaving industry.

Child labour in the industry the study also aims at mapping out supply chain linkages between indian carpet producers who use child labour and us importers who import carpets from these producers. Carpet manufacturers and the carpet export industry in pakistan as well as carpet importers and retailers in the usa and other western countries have announced that child labor no longer exists in the carpet weaving industry. 3 a study published by cepc in 1998 claims child labour account for only less than one present to the total workforce in carpet industry 0 93. Iqbal masih was born in 1983 in muridke a commercial city outside of lahore in punjab pakistan into a poor christian family.

Iqbal s family borrowed 600 rupees less than us 12 00 from a local employer who owned a carpet weaving business. An international campaign against child labour has exposed india s once thriving export of rugs as a vicious cycle of exploitation and co. Here s another comically questionable or is that questionably comic commercial from lincoln carpeting. They have attacked unicef the society and other charities as do gooders the phrase used by the.

Slavery and child labor in india s hand made carpet sector documents over 3 200 cases across nine states in india and found several hundred cases each of forced. Across the country child labourers can be found in a variety of industries such as brick kilns carpet weaving garment making domestic service agriculture fisheries and mining.