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To inaugurate the child labor existence, the leading report selected is from the Union-made Cigars. This first record revealed a label including the president’s seal of approval affirming, “This Certifies, that the Cigars contained in this box have been made by a First-Class Workman, a MEMBER OF THE CIGAR MAKERS’ INTERNATIONAL UNION of America, an organization opposed to inferior rat-shop, COOLIE, PRISON, or FILTHY TENEMENT-HOUSE WORKMANSHIP. Therefore, we recommend

The picture shows the children not wearing shoes and nor wearing the proper clothing. The machines that they are working on are very dangerous. There is no supervision in the factory and if the child gets hurt, they will either get fired or not get paid, and the thing is, is that it wasn’t illegal at that time. (Document #7)”What time did you begin to work at the factory?” “When I was six years old”.

Many may think of children’s rights violations occurring in the poor, war-torn countries of the world, children in the United States suffer from certain encroachments on their rights as well.also children in the United States working on farms are unprotected from the danger of using dangerous tools and machinery, as well as many other dangers of working on farms.

Hundreds of thousands of children under the age of 18 are working in agriculture in the United States. According to The Daily Transcript, “Many young people ages 13 to 16 work 70 to 80 hours a week and risk pesticide poisoning, heat illness, injuries and lifelong disabilities.” With this going on, children are being exposed to harm that they may or may not even be aware of. Child labor is more common in the United States (and all over the world) than one might think. There are laws currently in place dealing with child labor, “…which prohibit 12 and 13-year-olds from working most jobs, except on farms, and also say that youths aged 14 and 15 may not work in hazardous jobs, including construction.” (The Daily Transcript). Although these laws are in place, in 2010, 467 child-labor violations were found and

Child labor has been a big issue every since you were a little girl Aunt Bessie. There has been a lot of child casualties in the working industry, specifically i’m talking about the coal companies. Mainly, dieing not instantly, but eventually due to the coal dust

Although it remains a large portion of the U.S’ economy, tobacco smoking can lead to a variety of diseases and disorders that affect the user. The effects of smoking tobacco not only affect the user but surrounding people as well: permanently destroying their lungs and children, increasing the chances of diseases and of cancer.

Agriculture remains one of the most hazardous occupations in the US. In 2013, the fatality rate for agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting dropped to 23.2/100,000 but still remained strikingly higher than the overall industry fatality rate of 3.3/100,000. Hispanic workers are more likely than other ethnic groups to be involved in a fatal occupational injury, and recent years’ data has shown increases in fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers.2 Farmworkers experience a range of occupational health injuries and illnesses including musculoskeletal strains, lacerations, falls, trauma, exposure to pesticides and other chemicals, heat and cold extremes, and exposure to sun, irritants, and allergens. (Please visit our Environmental and Occupational Health page for more on work injuries in mobile

Tobacco, Smokes, Cancer Sticks, Chew, Dip, whatever you want to call it, has been poisoning the innards of individuals since the days of the prehistoric Mayas of Mexico at around 600 to 900 A.D. This tobacco craze would resume in the society of the American Indians and later to the European settlers. In the early seventeenth century, tobacco was the chief cash crop of America’s first colony, Jamestown Virginia. This crop would continue to flourish in throughout history. By the early 1900’s, The American Tobacco Company was the leading and most influential tobacco corporation. The game completely changed at the time of the two World Wars however. Soldiers began receiving free cigarettes and the industry began targeting women as potential costumers as they were gaining new rights and liberties in society at this time. In 1964, the cigarette empire began to see its decline when the Surgeon General of the U.S. wrote a report about the dangers of cigarette smoking. After this statement by “America’s doctor”, legislation did everything in their power to detour people form purchasing these harmful products. They have gone as far as to make tobacco companies label “caution” on their products. Tobacco companies have recently been having trouble selling their

Working in order to help out my family has proved to be very difficult. But I love them with all my heart and will sacrifice performing manual labor over attending school if it meant helping them survive. Other children and I have to endure the harshest conditions. Workdays are typically 10 to 14 hours with barely any breaks during the shift. Unfortunately, the factories that are hiring children end up dealing with injuries and even deaths because they are so dangerous. There are many adults that understand that the machinery runs so quickly, our little fingers, arms, and legs can easily get caught. Besides the equipment, the environment is filled with fumes and toxins. Some children have contracted illnesses, chronic conditions, or diseases

NY times also reported that in 2010 that Phillip Morris used child labor to work in their tobacco fields in Central Asia. The article states that families and children who migrated from neighboring Asian countries were placed into the fields to harvest tobacco and many were paid on piecework bases, by the amount of tobacco they harvested. The report also documented violations of basic farm safety rules which included laborers wearing open-toed shoes while

Some jobs are far more dangerous than others. That is why occupational injuries are extremely common. Head, back and neck injuries, eye injuries, heart attacks, strokes, scarring and disfigurement are examples of some of the most

After reading the article about teens working in tobacco fields in the U.S in the November 23 addition of Junior Scholastic I have found that I can somewhat empathize to a degree with the struggle of these teenagers dilemma. All through out my life I have always acted as a test subject for studies at the University of Maryland. Sadly my mother has always taken the money and used it for herself. All though I forgive her this was mostly unfair. I have no intention of downplaying the predicament we find the teen laborers, but I am simply giving an example. I feel that ,as my mother did with me and adults are doing with these teen laborers, that being taken advantage of is wrong and unjust. I see it as discrimination of teens because these laborers

Health concerns are the primary issue for nearly all of the stakeholders. Employees care about their job security and integrity for their occupations. The government is responsible for ensuring the safety and overall welfare of its community. If tobacco is known as a health hazard to the citizens, then it is the responsibility of the government to act on it. The customers of the tobacco industry are another huge factor. Of course, they care about their health, the ingredients of the product, the quality, the cost, etc. Then there are the owners and shareholders who, while they may also care about the reputation of the business, they are mainly concerned with the continuation of the corporation and the profits from it.

Nicotine has been proven to boost concentration, improve memory and control body weight, as well as alleviating the symptoms of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease sufferers. However, research has also established that nicotine adversely affects babies in utero and may explain the link between smoking and problems such as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Attention Deficit Disorder.

- Child workers are exposed to hazardous conditions that expose them to chemical and biological hazards.