Child Labor In South Asia Essay

Globalization has had a huge impact of labor in South Asia because of the American Companies there which are taking advantage of the people. The harms that workers had was never being able to have enough time in breaks. They worked extremely long hours and never had the chance to get bathroom breaks. Workers are getting paid less than the product is being sold for which leads to them not being able to take care of themselves or their family . My goal is to have a law where workers get the benefits they deserve. The American companies in South Asia that I came across while I was researching are Kia Motors and the Apple Company. The Apple company has workers that are from South Asia working there. There were attempted suicides and actual suicides that were committed due to the amount of stress that the company was putting them in. The company had to put nets to prevent the workers from jumping off the roof. The amount of stress that the company is giving the workers make them want to commit suicide. They don’t get the amount of hours …show more content…
Create a punishment for the company if they don’t give workers fair rights as in giving them more bathroom privileges, more breaks so they can eat enough food, and being able to get more money for every hour they work. Additionally, workers should rally for their rights by being able to fight for what they deserve. In the article that talks about Kia Motors it says, “About 25,000 workers at Kia Motors stayed off the job for several hours, demanding a five-day week and an 11.1 percent wage increase.” (Kirk). Workers were tired of not getting enough money. Workers made sure that they got their word and they stayed out the job. They weren’t working so the company weren’t getting the money they need. If they treat the workers unfairly, they would get shut down. Make it a law so that workers can get the rights they