Number	16104
Subject	Business
Source	Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
State	Wisconsin
Year	1999
Publication Date	June 4, 12; Aug. 1-2; Sept. 15, 1999
Summary	The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel investigated the widespread abuse of young laborers working in America's door-to-door magazine sales trade. This trade relies "on the sweat of traveling crews of young" sales agents. Reporters found that these youths or young adults work in "dangerous sweatshop conditions," have a culture of lawbreaking and routinely deceive customers.
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	34
Keywords	National Field Selling Association; publishers; working conditions; reckless driving; auto deaths; crime; sexual assault; Publishers Clearing Group Subscriptions Plus; Thomas Mack Hall; child labor laws
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