Shantha Sinha, the Chairman of the Children’s Rights Commission in India says that everything you eat, are sheltered by and wear in India-somewhere along the way a child labourer is involved. In Ireland, this is less likely but we still need companies to reassure us that they are not using child labour. Check out where your purchases come from by looking behind the label and asking questions of your retailers. "Tiny Pickers International" produce Chocolate, Cotton & Coffee.
Surprisingly enough there are tons of ethical products available out there that almost always guarantee no child labour-you just have to look a bit closer behind the label...
Here’s a list of websites that can help you find ethical products (mostly threads!)
Marks and Spencers(Fair trade cotton clothing range and selection of fair trade food)
Dunnes Stores (fair trade food and drink range)
Tesco (fair trade food and drink range)
Fair Trade guarantees producers a good & fair price for their goods. Most Fair Trade Co-ops also ensure no child labour is used but even if they don’t, with extra profit, it allows producers to do things like send their children to school.
