CHILD LABOR

WHAT IS CHILD LABOR?

• Child labor is simply work that children should not be doing at such a young age in dangerous environments and work places.
• Children are doing work on farms, in factories, manufacturing companies, and in types of construction
• These children are usually forced to work so that they can provide an income for their families
• Children who are working are deprived of an education and of their childhood

CHILD LABOR TODAY

• Children are sold into slavery and are forced to work in terrible conditions for several hours
• After working for so long, they become extremely exhausted and feel miserable
• Not only do the children slaves work long and hard but they are also mistreated and abused by their owners

CHILD LABOR IN AMERICA

• In just the US, there are about 300,000-800,000 child slaves working on farms
• Fair Labor Standards Act was passed by Congress to limit the amount of hours a child could work, however, this excludes children of migrant workers

CHURCH'S STANCE

• "Child labour, in its intolerable forms, constitutes a kind of violence that is less obvious than others but it is not for this reason any less terrible." [639][1]
• The use of children for the benefit of others is not what God had intended when he created us all and effects the community in a negative way because the children can't have the childhood they deserve

TAKING ACTION: ORGANIZATIONS

• Organizations such as UNICEF and the Child Labor Project have made efforts to out an end to child labor
• They investigate stores trying to see if they have children working for them
• If they do, organizations begin to protest the store and boycott with the goal being that they will close their store or put an end to this child slavery

TAKING aCTION: BUSINESSES

• The Gap refuses to sell clothing after they found out that their kids clothing was embroiled by child slaves
• Gymboree stopped using cotton that was picked by children
• Apple stopped its partnership with a factory in China after learning that they used children to work in the factories

VIDEO

• Fingers to the Bone: Child Farmworkers in the United States
• http://youtu.be/NfEtO00DSvI

SOURCES

• All pictures used from Haiku Deck
• "Price Tag of Child Labor." Price Tag of Child Labor. Web. 15 Apr. 2015.
• "Child Labour." UN News Center. UN. Web. 15 Apr. 2015.
• "CATHOLIC TEACHINGS." Child Labour in the World. Web. 15 Apr. 2015.