what do you think is responsible to stop it?
2006-11-02 03:10:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Child labor is abhorrent. But it will continue as long as we (mostly Americans who are consumers extraordinaire) create a demand for cheap products that we can buy at WalMart for "low prices - everyday".
Think about who actually made that crummy lava lamp you just bought - probably some ten-year-old child chained to a work table for 12-14 hours a day. -RKO-
2006-11-02 03:21:55 · answer #1 · answered by -RKO- 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it most certainly is, though not always in the "forced labour" kind of way people seem to put it in. Why can't "childlabor" (certainly under the right circumstances) be viewed as a positive thing and not something to be fought against at all costs?
There are numerous cases of countries in which the prohibition of some sort of regulated child-labour (for the purpose of gaining better trade deals with the US) have had a very detrimental effect on the child population. Causing these very children who were supposed to be protected by these newly in-forced regulations/laws to be harmed due to the fact that they were then no longer being given any workers rights or privileges, as a result of the fact that it was illegal to hire them, so being, it all moved underground, in the end it was the children who were hurt the most.
So to sum this up, child-labour IS a global concern, but not the extermination of it, but rather the regulation of it.
2006-11-02 03:40:30 · answer #2 · answered by dan the man 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not for the leaders of our countries, Big business loves slave workers, overseas, and eventually at home.
Our system of having to make more even profit than the year before, demands reductions of costs.
2006-11-02 03:17:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I think so.
My son recently got his 1st job. The man would tell him to show up at a certain time, then tell him not to clock in until it got busy. Illegal. Then he would tell him to clock out on breaks. Also illegal. hed also tell him to clock out when it got slow. Illegal again. At 16, he didnt know all this was wrong. My hubby had to go down there and fight for his pay...ALL of it.
He no longer works there, but it continues.
2006-11-02 03:15:55 · answer #4 · answered by JC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it is not in the USA, it is absolutely none of my concern. It would be solely the concern of the country where it was contained and the people of such a country to take care of it.
2006-11-02 03:14:21 · answer #5 · answered by profile image 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not if it includes a child like David from the question before.
2006-11-02 03:13:02 · answer #6 · answered by daydoom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes...what to do about it? Stop imperialism
2006-11-02 03:14:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
YES. MORE PARENTS TAKE CARE OF THERE CHILDREN
2006-11-02 03:14:21 · answer #8 · answered by elisa 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋