CHILD LABOR By Daniel WHAT IS CHILD LABOR

CHILD LABOR By: Daniel

WHAT IS CHILD LABOR ▪ Child labor is children not having life or education and having to work for people www. info. com

ORGANIZATIONS HELPING ▪ Labor Right Fund ▪ Fair Labor Association ▪ International Centre of Trade Union Rights ▪ International Labor Organization ▪ Socialist Organization www. Wikipedia. com

WHEN AND WHERE DID CHILD LABOR START ▪ It started in the late 1700’s in Europe ▪ By the 1900’s 2 million children were working so their families can survive ▪ Later in the 1900’s America got the idea of using children to work ▪ By that time 5 million children were working www. Wikipedia. com & www. kawvalley. com

COMPANIES USING CHILD LABOR ▪NIKE ▪H&M ▪GEORGE ▪GAP ▪LA SENZA ▪VICTORIAS SECRET ▪SEARS ▪JOE FRESH ▪THE DISNEP STORE

EFFECTS OF CHILD LABOR ▪Children get sick because of poor hygiene ▪Kids are really dirty ▪They are abused

HOW IS CANADA HELPING -Canada is helping by paying money to those countries that have child labor -Commissioned by World Vision, the poll found that on average Canadians would pay 23 per cent more to guarantee a purchase is child-labour free—double the amount they said they were willing to pay a year ago -Canada is sending military troops to those countries and helping the children www. globalnews. com

HOW CAN WE HELP -strong unions are an important protection against child labor -when parents are able to improve conditions through effective unions, children are much less likely to have to work -active struggles against child labor tend to strengthen unions and workers rights in general www. continuetolearn. uiowa. edu

Perspectives ▪The global focus on the issue of child labor makes one think that what role does the prevention of child labor play in the development or well-being of a country ▪Pradeep Mehta argues that one contentious issue which often tends to skew the debate in the new world trade order is about linking labour standards to trade

INTERESTING FACTS 1. According to the ILO, 168 million children worldwide are engaged in child labor as of 2013. 2. Of these 168 million children, 85 million are engaged in what the ILO deems “hazardous work. ” 3. According to a study conducted by the ILO in 2004, the benefits of eradicating child labor would “outweigh costs by nearly six to one. ”