Summary: The problem of American child labor is shocking

Xinhua News Agency, Washington, June 13th. Review: The problem of child labor in the United States is shocking

Xinhua News Agency reporter Sun Ding

Last year, the United States Union Farm Workers' Union posted a photo on social media -under the scorching sun, a 7 -year -old boy worked hard in a field in Indiana, USA, picking strawberries.

The picture shows a photo posted by the United Nations Farm Workers' Union on social media.

In the field of the United States, some teenagers and even children are working on adult agricultural workers. According to the "US Farm Workers Employment Training Plan" estimates, the country still has about 500,000 children's workers engaged in agricultural labor, and the case of child labor death has repeatedly occurred.

Throughout the history of the United States, children's workers have appeared in various forms, including children's slaves and contractual labor. In 1938, the United States issued the "Fair Labor Standards Law" to regulate and restrict employers' use of young people and children to participate in labor.

To this day, there are still some children in the United States who have started working since the age of 8 and work for 72 hours a week. In October last year, due to the "labor shortage", some places in the United States played the idea of ​​minors, and extended the time for young people to work through legislation.

On October 20, 2021, the Senate of the Wisconsin State Parliament passed the Act 332 to amend the time regulations of the juveniles 14-16 years old. The picture shows a screenshot of the bill of webpage.

American farms have heavy labor and difficult conditions. Children's workers are often placed in the danger caused by weather, pesticides, and agricultural tools to use agricultural tools. A report issued by the U.S. Government accountability in 2018 disclosed that from 2003 to 2016, 452 children in the United States died of work injury, of which more than 230 were died of agricultural -related activities.

When working, children will have health problems due to sun stroke, dehydration, and even death due to exposure. In addition, the hiring and drying of tobacco leaf hiring and drying of tobacco farms in many places in the United States have caused many children's workers to poison, and even the lungs are infected. At the same time, farm children's workers often operate a lot of tragedies for agricultural tools and agricultural machinery that are only used for adults, including large equipment such as tractors without sufficient training or taking care.

On October 17, 2019, in Aiwa, the United States, agricultural machinery was busy in the cornfield in the Grart Kimbelie farm. Xinhua News Agency

For children who are in a period of growth, long -term labor may harm their mental health and even cause psychological trauma.

Children are the hope of the future, respect and protect children's rights, and avoid them from engaging in heavy labor is the consensus of the international community. The United States has not yet approved the Convention on Children's Rights, and has even been criticized by international labor organizations for serious child labor problems. This is the truth of the US "protection" of children's rights as "human rights guards".

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