Luton Middle School Thursday about products made with child labor in other countries. U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, is putting Iowa students to work to end child labor. Harkin spoke Thursday to about 370 students at Sergeant Bluff-Luton Middle School about why he got involved in child labor issues and fielded questions from the students. D.C. Harkin will present the winner with a plaque and the design could become commonplace on items like clothing, glassware and sporting goods. The contest is in conjunction with the Child Labor Free Consumer Information Act, which was introduced by Harkin last April.
Consumers have no knowledge about how the articles they buy are made.
Harkin asked for the students' help. You can really do the job of ending child labor around the world. Harkin explained that after the Child Labor Free Consumer Information Act was passed, he started to think about what the label should look like. He came to the conclusion that school children in Iowa might have a design in mind. He said they have sent information to 1,800 schools across the state.