First of all I will react on the previous blog. Like Jonas said, Starbucks has changed the lives of many farmers. But there are still some factories, which employ children and pay low wages.
Perhaps you wear a jeans, without knowing it was made by a seven-year old child from China, where children work 12 hours a day. Up until 1820, child labor was very common. Enterprises would do anything to reduce costs. Before the industrial revolution child labor was not a big problem. But since 1700, children were forced to work in mines, factories, etc. In 1788, more than 60 % of workers were children, because there
were no laws. Since 1830, the government of the U.S. made laws to reduce child labor. Although there were laws, the laws were ignored. Eventually the National Child Labor Committee was founded, which inspected companies. More and more companies have drawn their own code.
I think that laws help to prevent child labor, but in many countries companies violate these laws. Therefore I suggest to give the companies, which pay respect to human rights, a label. So everyone, who buys a product, can see if their product is produced ethically.
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