Bureau of International Labor Affairs

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This document is an announcement of public hearings to be held by the Department of Labor for the purpose of gathering factual information regarding child labor practices throughout the world. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, April 12, 1994, at the Department of Labor, room N-3437, beginning at 10 am. The hearing will be open to the public. The Department of Labor is now accepting requests from all sectors to provide oral testimony at the hearing. Each person or organizational representative selected will be provided ten minutes for oral testimony. The Department is not able to provide financial assistance to those wishing to travel to attend the hearing. Those unable to attend the hearing are invited to submit written testimony. Specifically, the international child labor study of the Bureau of International Labor Affairs is seeking written and oral testimony concerning children working in manufacturing and mining industries which export to the United States. The Department of Labor is currently undertaking a Congressionally-mandated review to identify any foreign industry and their host country that utilize child labor in the export of manufactured products from industry or m