11 Facts About Labor Rights

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1. In 2008, there were 217 million children between the ages 5 to 17 involved in child labor around the world.^[UN. "resources for speakers, global issues, africa, ageing, agriculture, aids, atomic energy, children, climate change, culture, decolonization, demining, development, disabilities, disarmament, environment, food, governance, humanitarian, refugees, women." UN News Center. http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/briefingpapers/childlabour/vitalstats.shtml (accessed July 28, 2014).]
2. The nominal wages for women are roughly 20% lower than men’s.^["Nominal wages for women is roughly 20% lower than men's." UNICEF. http://www.unicef.org/factoftheweek/index_39100.html (accessed July 28, 2014).]
3. Brands like Abercrombie & Fitch, Hanes, and many others use sweatshops to produce clothing. Protest unfair labor by demanding your school’s apparel be made in fair conditions. Sign up for Tighty Whitey Rally.^[International Labor Rights Forum." 2010 Sweatshop Hall of Shame. http://www.laborrights.org/publications/2010-sweatshop-hall-shame (accessed July 28, 2014).]
4. In 2013 in the US, female full-time workers made only 78 cents for every dollar earned by men, a gender wage gap of 22%.^["Pay Equity & Discrimination." — IWPR. http://www.iwpr.org/initiatives/pay-equity-and-discrimination (accessed March 11, 2015).]
5. From 2000 to 2013 child labor among girls fell by 40%, compared to 25% for boys.^["ILO: Child Labor Declines, Worst Forms Will Remain by 2016." International Labor Organization. Accessed March 11, 2015. .]
6. 79% of rural women work in agriculture; they, however lack control over productive assets such as land, livestock technologies, credit, finance, and markets.^["Rural Women:Agriculture, Forests and Employment ." UN Women. http://www.unwomensouthasia.org/assets/Rural-Women-Agriculture-Forests-and-Employment.pdf (accessed July 28, 2014).]
7. There are 85 million children worldwide working in hazardous conditions and undergoing physical and sexual abuse and humiliation by their employers.^["ILO: Child Labor Declines, Worst Forms Will Remain by 2016." International Labor Organization. Accessed March 11, 2015. .]
8. Every year, roughly 1.2 million children are trafficked to work in agriculture, mining, factories, armed conflict, and commercial sex work.^["Facts on children: Child Protection." UNICEF. http://www.unicef.org/dump/9482.html (accessed July 28, 2014).]
9. In order to put an end to child labor, it would cost roughly $760 billion over a 20-year period of time.^[OPEC Fund Newsletter. Vol XI. No. 5, June-August 2004. Accessed March 11, 2015. .]
10. Women make up 50% or more of migrant workers in both Asia and Latin America.^[“UN Women - Asia and the Pacific." $name | UN Women - Asia and the Pacific. http://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/focus-areas/women-poverty-economics/migrant-workers (accessed July 28, 2014).]
11. In 2006, 73 million working children were younger than 10 years old.^["The State of the World's Children 2006." The State of the World's Children 2006. http://www.unicef.org/sowc06/profiles/labour.php (accessed July 28, 2014).]