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DECEMBER 1997
Food Safety Concerns
Confound Consumers
Campaign
Launched to End Child Labor in Agriculture
AP Story on Child Labor Confirms NCL's Fears.
For NCL's press release click here.
Highlights of the Child Labor
Coalition's 1997 Child Labor State
Survey
Information about the
Child
Labor Coalition
Advance-Fee Loan Scams Are Back. Click
here for the news release. Released on 12/2/97.
NCL Helps Consumers Avoid Alternative
Therapy
Pitfalls. For the news release click here or for a copy
of the full brochure click here. Released on 12/9/97.
NOVEMBER 1997
NCL Warns the Public
About Cramming, a New Phone Scam
NCL's Vice President of Public Policy, Susan Grant,
addresses the Federal Trade Commission regarding the Franchise Rule. Click here for a copy of the statement.
The League co-sponsors the global march against
child labor. Click here for a copy of the press release or here for NCL's statement.
New brochure helps consumers
use debit cards wisely. Click here for a copy of the brochure or here
for the press release.
OCTOBER 1997
Major Press Conferences in Chicago, Detroit &
Milwaukee on Slamming
New Louis Harris poll shows slamming is more prevalent and effects
Latinos and African-Americans more than others. Several law enforcement groups join the League
in this educational effort.
National Press Release
Chicago Press Release
Detroit Press Release
Milwaukee Press Release
Louis Harris Poll on Slamming
Slamming Tip Sheet
Hoja Informativa sobre Cambios de Compania
de Telefono
sin Autorizacion del Cliente
NCL Honors Leaders: Food Safety Advocate, Carol Tucker
Foreman, and the Liz Claiborne company both receive awards.
NCL Announces New Coalition
to
Protect Electricity Consumers.
SEPTEMBER 1997
NCL'S Internet Fraud Watch Cautions Consumers About
Rising Fraud on the Web
statement of Linda F. Golodner, NCL president
video news release script
Internet Fraud Watch facts
top 10 Internet scams for 1997
tips on how to avoid becoming an Internet fraud victim
e-mails from consumers who have been Internet fraud victims
NCL Fights Food Borne Disease. For the press release click here. For a copy of the full brochure, which was written
with Safe Tables Our Priority (STOP), click here.
NCL addresses National Symposium on Oral
Counseling. Click here for a copy of Linda Golodner's remarks.
AUGUST 1997
Comments on Dietary Supplements
Made in the USA Policy Comment
FCC Approves Bell Atlantic Merger
NCL Responds to FDA's Draft Guidance on
Direct-to-Consumer Advertising on Television
JULY 1997
Fraudulent Telemarketers Committing Robbery
NCL Offers Eye Tips for Summer Fun in the Sun
New Spanish Consumer Guides Help Explain
Medications
JUNE 1997
Five Worst Teen Jobs
NCL Opposes FTC Effort to Weaken "Made in the
USA"
Survey Shows Confusion on Current Bankruptcy
Laws