China is a large, over populated country that has very large factories that supply many things throughout the world. Recently, the child labor and over time, also including page wage, has been neglected to be taken care of and turned into a large problem. Children younger than allowed are working in factories, and not only that but they are force to work bad hours and sometimes even over time. The page wage is so low that the people need the hours to get enough money. Not only are children put into these conditions, all people are being forced to word horrible awkward or long hours and working 40+ weeks every week.
There were new laws set up last year enforcing rules on the child labor, the wage rate, and the overtime, but did it really help? Factories like Wal-Mart and Nike have factories in China where they have audits every so often that seem to be showing large improvements. Recent studies show that the factories have many times two sets of records, including hours, personal information of employees, and the pay rate they are receiving. Also, when an audit comes into the factory, there a rules set up to have under aged employees evacuate the back and a set of answers to questions possibly asked that the workers are taught to recite. So what now? How are companies supposed to crack down on the issues?
Saturday, October 24, 2009
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