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The New England Association of Farmers, Mechanics and Other Workingmen officially condemns child labor, but it doesn't do anything because it still is happening
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Massachusetts creates the first law that says that children under the age of 15 have to go to school for 3 months a year
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Massachusetts limits children to working a max of 10 hours a day and the idea of banning children younger then 14 is proposed, but not adopted.
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The National Child Labor Committee is formed and its goal is to stop ALL child labor.
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The Walsh-Healy Act gives some safety standards such as; minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor provisions on all federal contracts.
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This was an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act that directly prohibits child labor for the first time ever. CHILD LABOR IS BANNED IN THE US.
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The International Labour Org. Convention 138 is now and international law. It is made to stop child labor for school-aged children.
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A 13 year old boy is murdered for his advocacy of children rights, his work is still inspiring people around the world today.
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The ILOC 182 is now an international law. This defines and condemns the worst forms of child labor like trafficking, prostitution, army, and slavery.
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The International Labor Org, estimates that a drop of 47 million over the past years, yet there are still 168 million in child labor and over 85 million in hazardous places.