Do you ever wonder why teenagers under age eightteen are required under writing to work limited hours. What you probably didn't know was that each year an estimated fifty eight thousand children under the age of fifteen die due to poor working conditions. “World Report on Violence and Health.” Every day over two million children around the world are working strenuously without pay. Children often work the majority of their day standing up. Standing continuously over long periods of time can lead to permanent joint and back injuries . The 2002 Global Report indicated that the vast majority (70 per cent) of children’s work is concentrated in the agricultural sector and that the informal economy harbours most child labour across all economic
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and throughout Europe. During this time period many families left their farms to work for better pay in a new factory system devised for fast and easy production. These early factories were often run by one or two very strict supervisors. The factories were often dark, cramped, wet, and cold. When most families moved to the city they were hit hard with poverty. This is why one in three children who lived in cities across the U.S. worked in these factories. The use of child labor in the U.S. stayed legal until nineteen thirty eight when the Fair labor standards act was passed. This law required business to pay children a minimum wage determined by each state. This law also regulated the amount of hours a child can work a week. The fight against the use of Child labor was led by many political officials and parents across the united states. One of these activists was Grace Abbott. “Child labor and poverty are inevitably bound together and if you continue to use the labor of children as the treatment for the social disease of poverty, you will have both poverty and child labor to the end of time”. “Grace Abbott”. …show more content…
In these mines cave collapse were a very common occurrence and many of the children admitted knowing a child or family member that was killed in these mines. John Spargo, The Bitter Cry of Children . During the early twenties Textile companies Frequently employed young children across america to stand in front of textile machines. These machines had over fifty moving and spinning parts that have been known to cling on to clothes and even fly off the machine and strike the
and throughout Europe. During this time period many families left their farms to work for better pay in a new factory system devised for fast and easy production. These early factories were often run by one or two very strict supervisors. The factories were often dark, cramped, wet, and cold. When most families moved to the city they were hit hard with poverty. This is why one in three children who lived in cities across the U.S. worked in these factories. The use of child labor in the U.S. stayed legal until nineteen thirty eight when the Fair labor standards act was passed. This law required business to pay children a minimum wage determined by each state. This law also regulated the amount of hours a child can work a week. The fight against the use of Child labor was led by many political officials and parents across the united states. One of these activists was Grace Abbott. “Child labor and poverty are inevitably bound together and if you continue to use the labor of children as the treatment for the social disease of poverty, you will have both poverty and child labor to the end of time”. “Grace Abbott”. …show more content…
In these mines cave collapse were a very common occurrence and many of the children admitted knowing a child or family member that was killed in these mines. John Spargo, The Bitter Cry of Children . During the early twenties Textile companies Frequently employed young children across america to stand in front of textile machines. These machines had over fifty moving and spinning parts that have been known to cling on to clothes and even fly off the machine and strike the