Child labour in Bangladesh under threat 16 Apr 2008

[mrdhenstyx06]

working 16 hours a day horrible!

[yaalimola1]

i feel so bad for these kids :(

[musicalidea]

@yaalimola1 Then stop shopping at Wal-Mart, the Gap, Old Navy and H&M - and join campaigns against their Satanic practices in Bangladesh (National Labor Committee, UFCW's Wal-Mart Watch, Jobs with Justice, Labour Behind the Label, United Students Against Sweatshops). Urge your congressional representatives to pass "The Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act" which would prevent the imports of goods that violate the labor laws of the countries from which they proceed.

[maxima6speed1]

i feel bad for this kid

[purespirit9]

Poor or not they should all be attending school. Where's the President of India who can change this? Why must the poor divide from the rich. It is not fair!!!

[daveco82]

keep shopping at walmart people.

[urucharrua]

i fail to understand why people in this countries continue to have children when there aware of the economic situation of there countries

[vulpsturm]

Because they can send those children to work, to bring home money, and exploit the child. What else is a 5 or 9 year old suppose to do or go?

[KakTJ]

@urucharrua They have children so that when they get too old to work, their children and grandchildren can support them. In a traditional society, children would help their parents with agricultural work. In cities, unfortunately, the children end up in factories or other jobs. Unfortunately, it is a vicious cycle as things will be the same, if not worse, for their children's generation. Education might be a way out for these children and their families but unfortunately, poverty prevents this.

[musicalidea]

@KakTJ Blame the multinationals, their tax free zones, their rock bottom wages while reaping billions in profits and the military envoys that back them. They are the only ones who can invest outside capital and raise living conditions. The best way to invest this capital is to increase wages. That is the only way to build domestic markets - otherwise they are literally slaves for the buyers overseas. Fuck the multinationals. Many of these people were better off as subsistence farmers.

[xxtwinkiepiratexx]

whats with the bad quaility..

[raeprnmwt12]

poor is not choice, it is caused by unjustice government

[cardieunion]

And no governments are more unjust than muslim governments.

[BooBooLane]

1. They were doing better as East Paki.

2. They've never heard of the concept of OVERPOPULATION.

[cardieunion]

Of course, they were doing better as East Paki, that's when they had half as many people. I can imagine nothing worse than dying of starvation, and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. Of course, helping them with food aid (as we do now), will only make the eventual die-off worse. Climate change won't help either.

[afrircans1970]

The children suffer terribly in America...Like prisoners...But what could be done to help alleviate their suffering?

Those horrid yellow buses are symbols of repression. Those children can hardly text each other without permission. Or worse! They are made to go without "texting" for great lengths of time....What can the world do to help?

[BooBooLane]

The only answer to afr-ri-cant's question is: More exposure to Rush Limbaugh. Let these poor kids have the paid access to Rush's website so they can listen and watch the archived shows, 24-7.

When "children" contemplate Rush Limbaugh, aka Big Brother, they don't even think about "texting."

[RG415WBFAA]

Unfortunately, in countries where there are child labor laws like America children and teenagers do not have a choice to work either. Instead, they are aggressively forced/compulsory made to go to government schools or state-regulated private schools. Those schools should be called regimented prisons for kids. Kids get sent in yellow buses just like prisoners.

[cardieunion]

LOL, they're also forced to learn to read and write and are even forced to eat free food if they're family cannot afford it. Damn America.