Youth employment: Child labor is illegal in many countries, and there are strict laws against it in the US. If you are under 14 years old, you are allowed to baby-sit, deliver newspapers or work as a performer or actor. If you are between 14 and 18 years old, you can work in a variety of jobs, as long as the job isn't considered "hazardous" (like mining or meatpacking). Most teens are restricted in the times of day they can work, and how many hours they are allowed to work.
Sweatshops: A sweatshop is a factory where labor law is routinely violated and workers are subjected to long work days, unsafe and unsanitary conditions and intimidation. Since the mid-1990s, there has been an anti-sweatshop movement in the US, which has sought to expose the problem to the public. So far, this movement has pushed many people to organize against sweatshop labor.
At one factory in Honduras, girls as young as 13 were working 14-hour days, sewing clothes to be sold at Wal-Mart. Many student groups and unions at universities across the country have organized to urge their universities to boycott sweatshop-made products, particularly things like university sweatshirts, t-shirts and team uniforms.
