Child Labour In Canad Article Analysis

During the late 1800’s and the early 1900’s child labor was a social issue that developed in the United States. In the early 1900’s, so many children ages 16 and under were working in American mine and factories. Our kids should not be forced to work at such an early age, they need education and a good childhood that they will always remember. Some children that are as young as 4 years old are being forced to work in crammed, dangerous factories. These factories are full of poisonous fumes and diseases that can obviously kill. Kids as young as 13 are being forced to work around 13 hours a day. Working these 13 hours is exactly what most adults are working at the time. Kids are also earning a lower wage since they are minors, employers

     Child Labor, refers to the economically active population under the age of fifteen years old, who are employed in various industries (Grootaert, 2). Recently, child labor has become a large topic of debate; however, in most cases, it is very unfavorable. The perception that globalization is leading towards the exploitation of children, is becoming an important problem for international business. In my opinion, child labor should be eradicated. It is not only harmful to the health of children, but it takes away their chance for an education, and simply takes away their childhood.

“ In 1900, 18 percent of all American workers were under the age of 16.”(Foner) Child labor is a terrible thing that children have to go through. Although this was not considered a problem because of how normal it was.(Foner.). But due to the work of investigative journalist children today no longer have to worry about working in these dangerous environments.

When the United States passed the bill that banned the importation of goods made by child labor, Americans thought that it was a victory for children in third world countries. What Americans neglected to consider was the possible negative side effects that the children were to face. Due to the ban, millions of children have lost their jobs and have been left to starve. Prohibiting theses imported materials is not an effective way to make the lives of working children better. When confronting the controversial issue of child labor, one needs to step into the shoes of the children, diminish child labor stereotypes, and focus on regulations and goals to improve working conditions.

At the beginning of the 20th century, nearly all provinces had made laws to restrict the employment of children. Several merged to restrict and ultimately end child labour in Canada. By 1873 Nova Scotia had already restricted

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is the main federal law that restricts the abuse and employment of child workers. It prevents children from being employed in jobs that are dangerous and protects the educational opportunities of children. They restrict the hours someone under the age of 16 can work and also have a list of jobs that are too dangerous for children to have. Along with the FLSA, each state has their own set of child labor laws that they follow. Since children generally don’t get jobs until they are 16, they are able to focus on their education and not as many children drop out. The conditions of factories and mines now are overall safer due to innovations that have been made and precautions that are taken to prevent accidents. The children who choose to work are given a reasonable about of hours to work and are also generally paid minimum wage ($7.25/hour). Along with all of this there are many groups that work to make sure child labor laws are just and that no child is forced to work in dangerous

There are million of working children all around the world, for example, “Asia has the highest incidence of child labor (152.5 million), followed by Africa (80 million) and Latin America (17.5 million). Measured in proportional terms approximately 40 percent of African children work, while 20 percent of children work in Asia and Latin America respectively.” (Palley) ”The worldwide population of children under fourteen who work full-time is thought to exceed 200 million”. Obviously if most children participate in child labor, then there needs to be more laws regulating it and a better way of enforcing the laws. “The general minimum age was at the first 14 years, later raised to 15, and 16 for specific dangerous environments and night work”(. There are laws on the general age someone can be to work, but there are still many children who work.

“Child Labor.” Eiu.edu. Accessed December 6,2015. http://www.eiu.edu/~eiutps/ newsletter_childlabor.php.

The problem is enormous, but the trend, fortunately, is heading in the right direction. The overall growth of an economy is by no means the only factor, nor for that matter the most important factor, in the mitigation of child labor.

Despite knowing that there is child labour in Canada, the government chooses to rarely provide advertisements to raise awareness. Many other federal governments are also like this and it is not enough and will never be enough to diminish child labour. Governments need to begin doing more to prevent and abolish child labour. Overall, it is clear that child labour is any issue everywhere. It is not only present in underdeveloped and developing countries, but also in developed countries such as Canada and there needs to be an end to this worldwide problem.

I’m going to write about child labor because in my opinion every child has the right to a childhood free of hard labor. In addition I think it’s a considerable issue that most countries discuss until these days as child labor is one of the many different types of child abuse. What I’m going to investigate and to concern about is to search about child labor law, what is their rights while working and see what the reasons to work in early age. Large numbers of children work in commercial agriculture, fishing, manufacturing, mining, and domestic service. Millions of children are involved in work that, under any circumstance, is considered unacceptable for children.

I feel that child labor was a horrible idea, and not just because that’s what everyone feels. I can not put into words how bad it is. Let’s just go back to the 1800’s, women with their dresses, hats, gloves, and umbrellas. Men with their suits, canes, hats, and monocles. The horse and carriages riding by, and you are wishing you knew what that would feel like, your parents can’t afford any of that stuff. You hear screaming and cursing. It's your “boss” telling you to get back to work. You have been forced to work at a sweatshop since the age of 10 to support your family. The big man throws you into the building. All of the other workers are the same age as you. All of yours clothes are dirty and you're sweating. The job is to work the machines.

Child labor laws were created for a reason. Children should not be allowed to work at their age. A child should be is at school, learning and broadening their mines not working. In reading the post by Bruce D., I was stunned to know that this man would have rather enlisted in the army or take on a job as a child instead of going to school. I do not agree with the concept of children working, their palace at that age is going to school and enjoying their adolescence.

Children and teens are working an unimaginable number of hours, "These kids are hired workers. They're working 60 hours a week.” Children should not have to endure conditions in which their life is put in danger. A child worker from a tobacco plant states "Sometimes," she says, "you really feel like you're going to die in the middle of the field, because it's just that bad." (Potenza). Now is the time to stop child labor, and stop all momentum this horrid hiring method to save money has

Although there are efforts to put an end to child labour in the world of today, they does not seem to be enough. This is because even though there is a decrease in the number of children that experience child labour, the change is not significant. The level of child labour continues to increase. Presumably, in the societies where child labour is the way of life, only few individuals master the courage to speak against it. Unfortunately, their voices are unheard. For instance, in India there are efforts to lessen the number of child labourers, but culture always gets in the way. This results in children working under very poor conditions that pose a danger to their health on short-term and long-term scale. However, in Canada the law states that: