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Booting Child Labor

Score one for kids! On February 14, the major sporting-goods companies, local manufacturers and children's rights groups announced that they were joining to fight child labor in Pakistan. More than 75% of the world's soccer balls are made in that Asian country. As many as 10,000 kids work 10-hour days--for $1.20 a day--sewing the balls.

News reports (including one in TFK on Sept. 20, 1996) sparked a letter-writing campaign that led Adidas, Nike and other companies to take action. "The community has asked for assurance that child labor has no place in producing balls used in sandlots or stadiums," said Stephen Rubin, head of the manufacturers' association. "This is a response to that concern."

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