Child labour

Rainmaker said:
Look for stuff made in Britain?
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Means nothing. Most of the garment can be made overseas with the final touches being added in Britain and it can gain that stamp of approval. Even if the garment is made here it usually cares not for where the fabrics were sourced from.

Not buying things from Primark or other similar high street stores is usually a good start.
 
Adrianr said:
Means nothing. Most of the garment can be made overseas with the final touches being added in Britain and it can gain that stamp of approval. Even if the garment is made here it usually cares not for where the fabrics were sourced from.

Not buying things from Primark or other similar high street stores is usually a good start.
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When I said made in Britain, I was referring more to 'proper' British clothing made from local (or at least traceable) materials and crafted by British hands on home soil. You'll not find many "Made in China" type labels in Countrywear shops, and they're not very expensive at all.

Even my dog's collars are hand made in England with 100% British made materials. :D It doesn't tackle global poverty, but it helps strangle the demand for sweatshop labour. Unfortunately though, in a sense it's sad but true to say that in places where such child labour is employed, any job is better than no job (and death). :(
 
I don't see how not buying these products helps?

Isn't that going to make things worse for children like the little girl?
 
Joshy said:
I don't see how not buying these products helps?

Isn't that going to make things worse for children like the little girl?
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Technically, no. Maybe at first, but it's the idea that by not supporting the trade which currently has employs children, or rather that children are forced to take these kinds of jobs to make ends meet...you'll end up promoting change which should hopefully end it eventually.
 
She'd be sifting through a landfill if not sat in a building at a sewing machine. What would you prefer?

The solution has to start in the host country, not at our tills.
 
No I would like to help her to have an education which is the back bone to any country's progression. Does giving 3 quid a month really help?

I can afford to give her 12 $ a week but how and where do I do this?
 
jas72, buy $12worth of her safety pins and share 'em out.

Everyone's a winner. Asthma gets her wage, the company is more profitable and can afford a fusebox and we all get cheap safety pins.

C'mon man, spread the love!

EDIT: Only kidding, buy $24worth as my wife has started seamstress stuff and I'll take the excess off your hands if they are cheap enough.
 
While child labour is very unsavoury,there is a lot people dont really think clearly about before condemning it. Sometimes the reason children work is because the parent/s cant so if the children didnt work, the family would have no money at all. So while child labour is disgusting, it is better than having a starving family.

Not buying the products doesnt really help at all as it will just mean their services might not be needed so will starve. The solution is to make the companies that source goods from these factories that employ children to make sure these children get a fair and resonable wage and support the children in terms of their education.
 
jas72 said:
No I would like to help her to have an education which is the back bone to any country's progression. Does giving 3 quid a month really help?

I can afford to give her 12 $ a week but how and where do I do this?
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Have a look at the work Unicef does and see if you think they are worthy of your money.
 
Bear said:
While child labour is very unsavoury,there is a lot people dont really think clearly about before condemning it. Sometimes the reason children work is because the parent/s cant so if the children didnt work, the family would have no money at all. So while child labour is disgusting, it is better than having a starving family.
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Or having their own land to farm, which was the case for thousands of years in that part of the world.

Not buying the products doesnt really help at all as it will just mean their services might not be needed so will starve. The solution is to make the companies that source goods from these factories that employ children to make sure these children get a fair and resonable wage and support the children in terms of their education.
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High birth rate, high population = large labour market = lower average wage. Wage drops happened here as well yet people cheer it on, regardless of the high living costs of the UK. Why is it suddenly wrong in a country where $12 buys a lot more than here? Nobody complains about £80 a week for 40 hours here in "apprenticeships" funded by taxpayers to benefit the employer who usually dumps the apprentice after 12 months.

As for education, blame the girl's mother, she made the choice to take her out of a school.
 
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