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World Cup Soccer Balls: Exploitation Still the Norm ITUC Press Release June 7, 2010
World Cup Soccer Balls Missed the Goal Set 13 Years Ago: Child Labor, Poverty Wages, Temporary Workers International Labor Rights Forum Press Release June 7, 2010
World Cup replica balls made on less than £2 a day The Daily Telegraph June 4, 2010
World Cup Profits Not Reaching Asia Ball-Stitchers, Report Says Bloomberg June 9, 2010
Where €59 a month is hidden side of the beautiful game Irish Times June 7, 2010
The Football Stitchers of Sialkot Spiegel Online March 16, 2010
Stitching Footballs: Voices of Children in Sailkot, Pakistan Save the Children, UK May 1, 1997
Sporting Goods Concerns Agree to Combat Sale of Soccer Balls Made by Children New York Times February 14, 2006
Six Cents an Hour Life Magazine
Offside: Child labour rampant in football stitching Thaiindian News October 6, 2008
Modern Day Slavery In Soccer Ball Production in India International Labor Rights Forum October 6, 2008
ILO Unites With Industry Groups to Combat Child Labour ILO February 14, 1997
How Your Kid's Soccer Ball Is Made BreakPoint Commentaries October 13, 2008
Child Labor Migration-Soccer ball industry shifts from Pakistan to India, bringing labor violations IndUS Business Journal November 1, 2008
Beauty is Only Skin Deep CSR Asia June 23, 2010
Balls and Chains Spiegel Online May 26, 2007
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