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Bernie Sanders on Ending Child Labor (3/00)
Most of us would be horrified to support a business that exploits children. But chances are you may have done just that on your last shopping trip.
Perhaps you splurged on a hand-crafted carpet, without knowing it was made by a seven-year old from India, where children are chained to looms for 12 hours a day. Maybe you just bought a soccer ball for your son or daughter, without realizing five-year-old hands inside a dark and silent factory in Pakistan produced your gift. Even your more mundane purchases – a leather bag, a shirt, a pair of jeans, or produce from the local grocery store – could be the product of child labor.