Thousands lived in overcrowded tenements. Women and children worked in sweatshops -- laboring for long hours for starvation wages. Corporations replaced family-run businesses and shops -- paying only for cheap labor in their search for higher profits.

Now, as the League moves toward its centennial in 1999, it will continue to work to bring consumer power to bear on the marketplace and workplace.

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NCL ARCHIVES 1997

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PAST SPEECHES AND TESTIMONY

NCL NAAG Telecommunications Hearing
SPEAKER: Susan Grant, League vice-president public policy and director National Fraud Information Center October 29, 1997, Chicago, IL

NCL's President, Linda F. Golodner, addresses the Federal Trade Commission public conference on "Commercial Weight Loss Products and Programs - What Consumers Stand to Gain and Lose" on October 16, 1997.

NCL Presents Paper to Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Religious Values in Business about the Apparel Industry Code of Conduct. Delivered on 10/6/97.

NCL comments to the FDA regarding labeling of over-the-counter drugs. Delivered on 9/23/97.

NCL addresses National Symposium on Oral Counseling. Delivered on 9/20/97.

National Consumers League President Linda F. Golodner issued a statement in reaction to the Federal Communications Commission's approval of the Bell Atlantic/NYNEX merger. Delivered on 8/14/97.

The National Consumers League released a statement on August 13 on dietary supplements.

The League submitted comments to the Federal Trade Commission on August 11 on efforts to weaken the "Made in the USA" label.

The National Consumers League responded to the Food and Drug Administration's draft guidance on direct-to-consumer advertising on television, which was released August 8.

The National Fraud Information Center participated in the Federal Trade Commission's news conference on telemarketing fraud on July 15. The FTC announced the results of "Peach Sweep," a law enforcement and consumer education campaign to identify and stamp out consumer fraud coming from Georgia.

NCL testified on July 14 before the Food and Drug Administration about labeling requirements for over-the-counter drug products. NCL believes the labels on products need to be easy to read and understandable to consumers.

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Child Labor Coalition Holds Conference. For the agenda, click here.

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