Harkin announces boost for research on child labor at University of Iowa Posted Tuesday, September 25, 2001 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) recently announced that the International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB) signed a contract with the University of Iowa to provide $900,000 for research on abusive and exploitative child labor. Harkin helped secure the funding in last year's Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) appropriations bill. "The United States has been a world leader in fighting abusive child labor. But, sadly, the fight is far from over. That's why I am so pleased that world-class researchers at the University of Iowa are receiving these funds to further the crusade to end abusive child labor around the world," Harkin said. "At its core, ending exploitative child labor is about the future. It's about how to make life better for the world's children and as a result improve life for all people in the century ahead." The funds Harkin secured for the University of Iowa will be used for academic-based child labor research and public education on abusive and exploitive child labor and related worker-rights issues. The University will use some of the funds to establish a world-class research network of human rights, labor, business, religious, academic leaders, and scholars to pinpoint ways to curb exploitative child labor, sweatshops and other worker rights abuses in the global economy. Harkin has championed the international fight against child labor since 1992. He has remained a leading voice in Congress for stronger and more effective U.S. child labor laws.
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