Child labour

DarkShadow · 13 Jun 2006 at 22:42

Was just watching the news and I didn't expect it to be this bad . .

In India, children are working 70 hours a week for less than a pound

Having visited neighbouring countries, I hadn't seen it this bad. Is there worse out there?

Link to article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/5059106.stm

penski · 13 Jun 2006 at 22:56

Child Labour is cheap, kind to the environment and increases profit margins!

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PS:

Mugatu said:
Hey there, Derek. My name is little Kleatus. I'm just a regular kid who wants you to know the real truth about child labor laws. Okay?

They're silly and outdated. In the good old days kids as young as five could work as they pleased from textile factories to iron smelts. Yippee! Hooray! But today, the age-old right of children to work is under attack. From the philippines to Bangladesh, in China and India and South America too. Boo-Hoo. But you can help these children, Derek... by killing the prime minister of Malaysia. He is bad.

ScarySquirrel · 13 Jun 2006 at 22:57

dark_shadow said:
In India, children are working 70 hours a week for less than a pound

Time they got a new job tbh

penski · 13 Jun 2006 at 22:58

ScarySquirrel said:
Time they got a new job tbh

They're CompSci graduates tbh.

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Ricochet J · 13 Jun 2006 at 23:06

ScarySquirrel said:
Time they got a new job tbh

They have to feed their starving family. They have no real qualifications because they can't offord to go to school. There are status discriminations in India. If you come from a poor background it is hard to get a high paid job. It's easy money for the children, only they don't know it's not a lot.

So do they still need to get that new job then?

Energize · 13 Jun 2006 at 23:07

eXSBass said:
They have to feed their starving family. They have no real qualifications because they can't offord to go to school. There are status discriminations in India. If you come from a poor background it is hard to get a high paid job. It's easy money for the children, only they don't know it's not a lot.

So do they still need to get that new job then?

I think it was a joke.

Etaqua · 13 Jun 2006 at 23:08

I think you missed the joke...

It's horrible when you put yourself in their shoes. I can't imagine doing 70 hour weeks. 10 hours/day is double the amount of lesson time most of us do at school.

penski · 13 Jun 2006 at 23:11

Etaqua said:
I can't imagine doing 70 hour weeks. 10 hours/day is double the amount of lesson time most of us do at school.

I do. Regularly.

When I was 18 I was working over 100 hours a week. :/

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DarkShadow · 13 Jun 2006 at 23:13

Energize said:
I think it was a joke.

There's a place and subject to joke about, and pointing out the obvious . . this is one of them.

wnb · 13 Jun 2006 at 23:14

It seems bad but our own country used children for labour and look where we are now.

Neoni · 13 Jun 2006 at 23:15

dark_shadow said:
I do. Regularly.

When I was 18 I was working over 100 hours a week. :/

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that was your choice, they dont have any choice in this if they want to survive.

penski · 13 Jun 2006 at 23:15

wnb said:
It seems bad but our own country used children for labour and look where we are now.

I say substitute all the illegitimate council estate children for beagles in laboratories.

The Daily Mail would love it! Getting rid of scum and pandering to the pretentious middle class animal rights bitches at the same time.

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Etaqua · 13 Jun 2006 at 23:16

penski said:
I do. Regularly.

When I was 18 I was working over 100 hours a week. :/

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What did you do when you were 18? :confused:

If you're working 70 hour weeks now, I assume you earn a bit more than £1/week.

Neoni · 13 Jun 2006 at 23:16

oops delete

DarkShadow · 13 Jun 2006 at 23:16

Neon said:
that was your choice, they dont have any choice in this if they want to survive.

Neoni · 13 Jun 2006 at 23:17

dark_shadow said:

it was aimed at penski, my bad

Etaqua · 13 Jun 2006 at 23:18

He chose to work 100 hour weeks. If he didn't, his parents would probably have helped him out, and if they didn't, he could stroll along and ask for income support, benefits.

In the countries where these kids work 70 hours/week, their governments don't hand out money if you have no job.

VeNT · 13 Jun 2006 at 23:19

meh, child Labour, try to get the littl blighters to do anything constuctive, should get those damn chavs who are having all the kids working tbh.

also, don't forget, I wouldn't mind earning £1 a week......if beer was a penny a pint

qwerty · 13 Jun 2006 at 23:22

You remember how we had the Industrial Revolution? We had child slaves down the mines, polluted as much as we liked, didn't give a toss about the environment, but it got us to where we are today.

India and China are having their versions of our Industrial Revolution now but for some reason 'the west' are poking their noses in and saying they're not allowed to do it.

penski · 13 Jun 2006 at 23:23

Etaqua said:
What did you do when you were 18?

Worked in Safeway - did everything apart from clean and work the tills.

I'd work 7am-4pm, go home for a bite to eat and a nap, back in to work at 10pm, work through until 7am, home, work midday-10pm, home, sleep, work 7am-4pm...

So about 100-102 hours a week. Double pay between 10pm and 10am, double pay sunday 10am-10pm and triple pay for before 10am and after 10pm on sunday.

If you're working 70 hour weeks now, I assume you earn a bit more than £1/week.

Yup - £2.70.

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