PHA-Exchange> Foot balls and child labour

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From: "Maria Hamlin Zuniga" <iphc at cablenet.com.ni>
>Subject: 55 MILLION SUPPORTERS SEE NO REAL VICTORY IN WORLD CUP FINAL
>
>> Fair Play Is Still Not A Rule in the Sporting Goods Production
>>
>> New Delhi - On 30 June 2002, The Global March Against Child Labour, 
have been calling for FIFA, the sporting goods industry and other 
concerned organisations to ensure that there is no child labour and that
>> all standard labour rights are respected in the production of
>> footballs and other sporting goods. 
>> Despite counter arguments from the industry, there are still
>> many children who stitch footballs in India and Pakistan, while
>> adults are denied the legal minimum wage to support their family.
>> The recent Global March investigation in Pakistan found children
>> stitching footballs bearing the logo of World Cup sponsors.
>> Shocked and angered by the living conditions of the children
>> involved in the sporting goods industry, young people and children
>> in Japan have voiced their concerns.  
>>
>> Many people around the world are lending support to these voices.
You need to know this.
>> For more information, please contact:
>>
>> Leopoldo Esteban
>> World Cup Campaign Coordinator
>> yatra at del2.vsnl.net.in, childhood at globalmarch.org
>> http://www.globalmarch.org/world-cup-campaign/
>>