Adopted Quote by Carol Bellamy

...180 million kids are engaged in the worst forms of child labour. Put it all together and it is not only morally unacceptable, but…

— Juan Somavia

Child labour is an issue of grave importance. It must become a top priority for all governments of the world. How can the world…

— Craig Kielburger

We must ensure that while eliminating child labor in the export industry, we are also eliminating their labour from the informal sector, which is…

— Carol Bellamy

Nearly one billion women and men, a third of the world's workforce, are either unemployed or unable to earn enough to keep themselves out…

— Juan Somavia

In passing the National Minimum Wage Act in 1998, the then-Labour Government did more than just establish the legal right to a minimum wage,…

— Emily Thornberry

“Generally Labour Legislations are constructively fortified with the goal of revitalizing the socio-economic fabric of the country through their malleable yet firm provisions, which…

— Henrietta Newton Martin

Child labour is a global problem that needs a response from all sides. This means measures to help reduce poverty, improve education, enforce laws,…

— Guy Ryder

We passed the Children's Bureau bill calculated to prevent children from being employed too early in factories.

— William Howard Taft

“It is cheaper and more efficient to replace labour than to reproduce it sequentially by fulfilling the rights of women workers to maternity leave…

— Gabrielle Palmer

This [minimum wage] legislation, passed by the 81st Congress at its first session, is an important addition to the laws we live by. It…

— Harry S. Truman

We also need the provisions in the tax bill that will permit working mothers to increase the deduction from income tax liability for costs…

— John F. Kennedy

It would be a tragic mistake for Congress ever to adopt any public or tax policy which encourages mothers to assign child care to…

— Phyllis Schlafly