Did you know that worldwide there are about 218 million children between 5 and 17 years that are in employment; and 152 million are victims of child labour and almost 73 million work in hazardous child labour? Unfortunately, this issue is very common, especially in developing countries and unconsciously, you are essentially "supporting" this by buying items from companies who use child labour and sweatshops. The top 10 companies who use some form of child labour and sweatshops are: Nestle, H&M, Phillip Morris, Walmart, Victoria's Secret, Gap, Apple, Disney, Forever 21, and Hershey's. You as an individual can make the decision to be aware and decide to not give support to the companies who use child labour and sweatshops rather than turning a blind eye and continuing to buy their products which essentially gives them the wealth to continue to support this issue.
By signing this petition, you can help to spread this awareness and can slowly make a difference in letting people know this is a serious issue so we can find ways to help and solve this issue.
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January 9, 2018
I honestly did not think this would gain this much steam but here we are and it makes me think about those millions of kids while I drink my coffee and try to process how many people actually care about this. Seeing so many names pop up is kind of overwhelming in a good way because it means people are finally looking at those tags on their shirts and thinking twice.
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ridiculous that this is still happening in 2017
This is honestly so sad. I had no idea it was this many kids. We gotta do better.
STOP BUYING FROM SWEATSHOPS PEOPLE. It isnt that hard.
Companies only care about profit they dont give a damn about kids. Needs to change.
thx for sharing this info. really opened my eyes about where my clothes come from.
I agree, good petition
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Did you know that worldwide there are about 218 million children between 5 and 17 years that are in employment; and 152 million are victims of child labour and almost 73 million work in hazardous child labour? Unfortunately, this issue is very common, especially in developing countries and unconsciously, you are essentially "supporting" this by buying items from companies who use child labour and sweatshops. The top 10 companies who use some form of child labour and sweatshops are: Nestle, H&M, Phillip Morris, Walmart, Victoria's Secret, Gap, Apple, Disney, Forever 21, and Hershey's. You as an individual can make the decision to be aware and decide to not give support to the companies who use child labour and sweatshops rather than turning a blind eye and continuing to buy their products which essentially gives them the wealth to continue to support this issue.
By signing this petition, you can help to spread this awareness and can slowly make a difference in letting people know this is a serious issue so we can find ways to help and solve this issue.
Updates
January 9, 2018
I honestly did not think this would gain this much steam but here we are and it makes me think about those millions of kids while I drink my coffee and try to process how many people actually care about this. Seeing so many names pop up is kind of overwhelming in a good way because it means people are finally looking at those tags on their shirts and thinking twice.
9 Comments
wow this is heartbreaking i try to avoid these brands but its so hard sometimes
ridiculous that this is still happening in 2017
This is honestly so sad. I had no idea it was this many kids. We gotta do better.
STOP BUYING FROM SWEATSHOPS PEOPLE. It isnt that hard.
Companies only care about profit they dont give a damn about kids. Needs to change.
thx for sharing this info. really opened my eyes about where my clothes come from.
I agree, good petition
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wow this is heartbreaking i try to avoid these brands but its so hard sometimes