Cambodia child labour laws flouted
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Cambodia child labour laws flouted
http://www.theguardian.com/global-devel ... h-fake-idsSome factories try to hide underage workers when visitors come, according to a Human Rights Watch report into the Cambodian garment industry published this month.
One 15-year-old, who started work in a clothes factory aged 14, told HRW researchers: “They told me to hide under the table and put a pile of clothes on us. We tried to keep very quiet when the visitors were there.”
A 17-year-old at a different factory told HRW that early last year, a day before visitors were due, management called a meeting of all young workers and told them to stay at home the next day.
One of the main problems is the ease with which workers can get fake IDs. “My daughter was too young to work, so we borrowed a family book and birth certificate from another family,” says Tha, the father of a 17-year-old New Star worker. “Families help one another.” As there are no photos on Cambodian IDs, his daughter simply memorised the new details. Tha used the same procedure for his niece, who was 16 when she started work at the factory.
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Re: Cambodia child labour laws flouted
I lied about my age to get my first job as a teen a few times....15 working on building sites and at 16 working behind the bar...
Edit : and I lied about my age when I went to Spain on a Club 18-30 holiday at 15...happy days
Edit : and I lied about my age when I went to Spain on a Club 18-30 holiday at 15...happy days
I was born with nothing , and I still have most of it left.
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Re: Cambodia child labour laws flouted
It's not that long time ago that kids were expected to work in Europe. Yes, most studied at the same time but not all. I started to work in our family business when I was around 12 years old, and my mom and dad started even younger.
I found it hypocritical when first world countries condemn things they did as developing nations and expect developing countries to comply with first world standards even they might not be helpful. Which one is better, to work at age of 14 or starve? Abusing the cheap labor is another story.
I found it hypocritical when first world countries condemn things they did as developing nations and expect developing countries to comply with first world standards even they might not be helpful. Which one is better, to work at age of 14 or starve? Abusing the cheap labor is another story.
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