Solidarity Center Report: Child Labor Down, Still Deplorable at 165 Million

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)The number of child laborers has declined by one-third globally, from 246 million in 2000

to 168 million in 2012, according to an International Labour Organization (ILO) report released this week. Yet despite the reduction, the worst forms of child labor will not be eliminated by 2016, a goal sought by the ILO and its international allies. Read more at the Solidarity Center.